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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 31 May 2006, Flavio Genelhu Oliveira wrote:

> > SANE can be used without X.  The SW8.1 X-based
> > applications might need a
> > later libX11 (libc6-based).  What year was the
> > scanner in question
> > manufactured?
>
> I can´t check it now cuz its dark here and i dont have
> any lights to look at, but i bought it brand new at
> around 93 or later. Is this of any relevancy? Its a
> Genius Color Page SP2 Scanner. I know SANE suports it.

Make sure that the Slackware 8.1 version of SANE supports it, or if you 
want to learn how, compile your own from the first version that supports 
that scanner (or a later version if they fixed bugs in the support for 
that scanner).  You can delete most of the SW81 SANE package and just keep 
the main library or libraries and the files for your scanner.

I think Steven has a list of which packages to install in order to compile 
with BL3 somewhere at the website.  gcc ecgs binutils linuxinc and maybe 
one other.  They take up only 10-15MB space because they are libc5.  Do 
you know how to compile?

Sindi