avasys drivers and PM-A850 scanning

[Joel Rees]

I found a thread about Kooka being taken out of the distro.

I've been using Kooka with my Epson PM-A850 all-in-one scanner- 
expensive-printer, but I have not been able to scan at 1200 dpi. Now  
I want to scan at 1200 dpi. I was able to take two scans, then it  
wedged. I hit the full scan button and nothing happens. Move  
reasolution back to 300 dpi and no problem. Back again to 1200 dpi  
and no scan. That was on F7.

So, I decided to boot up my experimental install of F9, and I  
discover, no Kooka. Tried the scanner tool, but it complains that it  
can't find the sane library for my printer, or that there is some  
conflict. I really haven't been messing with loading lots of stuff,  
so I figure it's not likely to be a conflict, but I'll check later,  
if I can break out some time.

Then I went hunting and found out that Kooka has been dropped.

I also found Avasys. It's a blob. LGPL-compatible licensed. Gag.

Anyone care to comment  on Avasys's blobs? Or, preferably, point me  
to a properly open solution?

I'll keep looking tomorrow, it doesn't look like I have time to do  
anything further today. But if anyone cares to give me a few clues  
before I go hunting tomorrow, I'd appreciate it.

(Sempron 2600, Pasokon Koubou's private Librage brand with a K4 mobo,  
IIRC.)

Joel Rees


Joel Rees
(waiting for a 3+GHz ARM processor to come out,
to test Steve's willingness to switch again.)


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