gimp and xsane

senyahnoj · 03-01-2007, 10:09 AM

When I start 'XSane: Device dialog' from gimp it reports it can't find any devices.

From the command line I can get xsane to recognise my scanner by specifying a network device:

Code:

xsane hpaio:/net/Photosmart_3300_series?ip=192.168.0.26

I'm trying to get gimp to do this. Has anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

jay73 · 03-02-2007, 03:06 AM

Doesn't it take a separate plug-in to use xsane under the GIMP?

senyahnoj · 03-02-2007, 03:49 AM

All it seems to use is a symlink:

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Mar  1 15:50 /usr/lib64/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/xsane -> /usr/bin/xsane*

I've tried pointing this symlink at a shell script instead

Code:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/xsane hpaio:/net/Photosmart_3300_series?ip=192.168.0.26

But all this does is load xsane during the gimp startup procedure. I then have to close it in order for gimp to finish loading and then it is lost from gimp's menu options.

jay73 · 03-02-2007, 04:42 AM

That's weird. I just unplugged my scanner but that doesn't seem to prevent the xsane item from being listed (although I do get a "no devices available" message). Does the same happen when you try xscanimage instead?

senyahnoj · 03-02-2007, 07:17 AM

It wouldn't do - the startup program just checks for /usr/lib64/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/xsane. It's only when what it finds isn't what it's expecting that it tries to initialise the scanner.

I could be wrong but I don't think the startup check is the problem. I want to pass the right parameters to xsane when it's up and running.

I haven't got xscanimage.