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diff --git a/doc/sane-problems-doc.html b/doc/sane-problems-doc.html index 085118b..dce66a1 100644 --- a/doc/sane-problems-doc.html +++ b/doc/sane-problems-doc.html @@ -30,19 +30,40 @@ with SANE or XSane please read this before you write any mails.</font></font></b <b><font color="#000000">The SANE frontend (like xsane or xscanimage) does not start or aborts with a segmentation fault.</font></b></li> -<p><br><font color="#000000">Edit /usr/local/etc/sane.d/dll.conf (or /usr/etc/sane.d/dll.conf) +<ul> +<li> +<font color="#000000">Edit /usr/local/etc/sane.d/dll.conf (or /usr/etc/sane.d/dll.conf) and comment out all but the backend you need. To do this add a "#" at the -beginning of the relevant lines.</font><font color="#000000"></font> -<p><font color="#000000">If that does not help try to find out where the -error occurs:</font> -<br><font color="#000000"> gdb -xscanimage</font> -<br><font color="#000000"> r -<enter></font> -<br><font color="#000000">after the frontend returned:</font> -<br><font color="#000000"> backtrace -<enter></font> -<br> +beginning of the relevant lines.</font></li> + +<li> +make sure there is only one sane version installed before you compile xsane +(try as root: $find / -name "*sane*" | less)</li> + +<li> +If you used an earlier version of xsane before remove the configuration +directory: rm -rf ~/.sane/xsane (you have to enter all configurations again +afterwards).</li> + +<li> +make sure there is only one gtk-config and only one gimp-config file on +your system (find / -name "g*-config").</li> + +<li> +Do not install any self compiled source package over binary packages, in +most cases the installation paths are different so the old versions are +not overwritten!</li> + +<li> +<font color="#000000">If that does not help try to find out where the error +occurs:</font></li> + +<br><font color="#000000"> gdb xscanimage</font> +<br><font color="#000000"> r <enter></font> +<br><font color="#000000"> after the frontend returned:</font> +<br><font color="#000000"> backtrace <enter></font><br> +<BR></ul> + <li> <b><font color="#000000">The scanner starts the scan but it stops while scanning</font></b></li> @@ -101,10 +122,39 @@ of scsi card.</font> <li> <font color="#000000">May be your scanner/firmware does not work correct with the backend you use. Update the backend version or contact the author -of the backend.</font></li> +of the backend.</font><br> +<br> +<BR></li> </blockquote> -<font color="#000000"></font> -<br> + +<li> +<b><font color="#000000">If you get an error message that libsane-dll.so.1 +or libsane-so.1 is not found, you have to tell your system where the SANE-libraries +are installed.</font></b></li> + +<blockquote> +<li> +<font color="#000000">For linux and sane-1.0.1 you have to edit /etc/ld.so.conf +and add a line with the path to the SANE libraries (normally /usr/local/lib/sane), +then call ldconfig.</font></li> + +<li> +<font color="#000000">For linux and sane-1.0.2 and later versions the path +to the SANE libs MUST NOT be listed in /etc/ld.so.conf, if it has been +listed, remove the path and call ldconfig, then reinstall SANE.</font></li> + +<li> +<font color="#000000">On some systems "/usr/local/lib" is not searched +for libraries, it may be necessary to add this path. For linux make sure +that "/usr/local/lib" is listed in /etc/ld.so.conf, call ldconfig as root +after changing /etc/ld.so.conf.</font></li> + +<li> +<font color="#000000">If all that does not help, make sure that libsane.so.* +are symbolic links to ./sane/libsane-dll.so.*</font><br> +<BR></li> +</blockquote> + <li> <b>Please read the documentation of the backend you use</b></li> </blockquote> |