wishlist: scanner programs [Fulfilled]

[atolboo]

 

[Craig]

[atolboo]

As you can in this >[Pardus-devel] [2011] New packages to go into stable repositories (2011-02-23)<
xsane-0.998-9 ( and some more packages) will be officially available tonight

[John A]

Nice. I think it got most of the things a ordinary user want with that.
So you can compare it with any other distribution.

But I still wait for Gyache Improved be added to the repo.

[atolboo]

I have GYachE Improved 1.2.2  with "This Binary Compiled: Jan 13 2011 at 13:05:52" in P2009

[John A]

Good news.Then we know it works with Pardus to.

[DavidD]

gscan2pdf appears to be in (final?) review, but I really don't understand the status of it at the moment. Anyone know for sure?

http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=8029

[DavidD]

I have added just a moment ago a comment/question to the bug asking whether there is an issue preventing release. It really would be nice to know if this is going to happen. Fedora 14 just upgraded gscan2pdf to the next level (0.9.32 I think).

Anyway, things seemed imminent a month ago.

David

[DavidD]

So, I received an e-mail notice (from bugzilla) that gscan2pdf had been approved and placed in the repositories. I went to the Package Manager, updated, no gscan2pdf. Have queried bug 8029 in case I'm not understanding. 

[atolboo]

I find it in repo/devel/i686/ and repo/devel/x86_64/ with dd 24-Mar-2011 15:52
You can install this one at this moment and report back your results in Bug 8029
If it isn't doing the job you can always remove it through Package Manger.
In this way all files will be removed from your system.
Or wait till it goes through the evaluation process and appears in the final repo.

[DavidD]

Found it there. Thanks, atolboo. I have reported a couple of minor glitches to bug report 8029:

1. An "End of file reached" error message as the scan is completed.
2. Lack of a menu item after installation - even after a Windows-style reboot. Must be started from the CLI.

David

[atolboo]

And the evaluation process is to find these kind of  1. and 2. events.

[DavidD]

Atolboo, John, Craig:

If you have time, could you install gscan2pdf from the Developer Repo and tell me whether it appears on the Graphics menu after installation. The developer and I have been in conversation, and he cannot duplicate its failure to appear. For him, it's there. I have uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail.

He is solving the other two glitches I reported. Aside from that it's working great!

Thanks,
David

[atolboo]

After logout>login of KDE it's in my Menu > Graphics > gscan2pdf

And there is a file /usr/share/applications/gscan2pdf.desktop with:

Categories=Graphics;Scanning;

[DavidD]

After logout>login of KDE it's in my Menu > Graphics > gscan2pdf

And there is a file /usr/share/applications/gscan2pdf.desktop with:

Categories=Graphics;Scanning;

Hmm ... I have the same .desktop file but nothing on the menu (traditional, not Kickoff or Lancelot).i

[Later addition/edit] I'm writing this from an elderly Compaq AMD64 Turion laptop on which the menu item appeared immediately upon installation of gscan. I've decided that it must be an issue with my machine (64-bit Dual AMD64 6000+, 4G memory, ATI Radeon 4650 with 1G, the HD a rather old Maxtor 80G IDE), especially since I had both the main and devel repos open for a good long while -- not a good thing, as I found out trying to update the other night. So I'm presently making another installation on the 6000+, hoping that the glitch will not be present with better attention to the open repos.

[Even later] And that new installation provided a nice gscan2pdf icon on the Graphics menu immediately after I installed it from the Developer Repo. Yes, I immediately unchecked that repo!