[sane-devel] [AVISION 6080E] Who is responsible for libsane.fdi?

[m. allan noah]

yes- git is taking me some time to get used to, but it is growing on me :)

allan

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Rene Rebe <rene at exactcode.de> wrote:
> Yeah, noticed.
>
> I'll have to try the new git  repository. Though one could copy the ID
> to the .desc manually, but I'll really try to auto-update it timely.
>
> On 22.05.2009, at 16:05, m. allan noah wrote:
>
>> We'll have to ask Rene (cc'd) to update the .desc- the script is
>> external to sane...
>>
>> allan
>>
>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:54 AM,  <emmanuel at engelhart.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> In
>>> http://git.debian.org/?p=sane/sane-backends.git;a=blob;f=backend/avision.c;h=da5bcccd9d592505c2811648c054d05c10a8237f;hb=HEAD
>>>
>>> there is:
>>>
>>>  537     { NULL, NULL,
>>>  538       0x0638, 0x0a82,
>>>  539       "Avision", "FB6080E",
>>>  540       AV_NON_INTERLACED_DUPLEX_300},
>>>  541     /* comment="1 pass, 1200 dpi, A3 - duplex! - zero edge!" */
>>>  542     /* status="complete" */
>>>
>>> So it's inside... and more pragmaticaly... it works by me :)
>>>
>>> Maybe someone has to run by hand a script to generate a new version of
>>> avision.desc?
>>>
>>> Emmanuel
>>>
>>>  Le ven 22/05/09 15:49, "m. allan noah" kitno455 at gmail.com a écrit:
>>>>
>>>> I assume it is an oversight. The top of the file says it is generated
>>>> from avision.c, is the 6080 there?
>>>>
>>>> allan
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:44 AM,  <emmanu
>>>> el at engelhart.org> wrote:
>>>> Great, but the Avision 6080E is not there. Is that
>>>> simply an oversight or there is another reason?
>>>> Emmanuel
>>>>>
>>>>>  Le ven 22/05/09 15:38, "m. allan noah" kitno455 at g
>>>>
>>>> mail.com a écrit:
>>>>>
>>>>> you are somehow looking at an old version, try
>>>>
>>>> this:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://git.debian.org/?p=sane/sane-backends.git;a=blob;f=doc/de
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> scriptions/avision.desc;h=ae43758c1c8fd3a23fc34e2f366ee57e68b7d9e2;hb=HEAD
>>>>>>
>>>>>> allan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:29 AM,
>>>>
>>>>  <emmanu
>>>>>
>>>>> el at engelhart
>>>>
>>>> .org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you mean this .desc file:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://git.debian.org/?p=sane/sane-backends.git;a=blob_plain;f=
>>>>
>>>>>> backend/avision.desc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ... but I see nothing about the vendor_id
>>>>
>>>> nor
>>>>>
>>>>> product_id.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The trunk code supports this scanner since
>>>>
>>>> Aug.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2008. See
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2008-August
>>>>
>>>>>> /022673.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Emmanuel
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Le ven 22/05/09 15:00, "m. allan noah"
>>>>
>>>> kitno455 at g
>>>>>
>>>>> mail.com a écrit:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the fdi files are the bailiwick of the
>>>>
>>>> distro,
>>>>>
>>>>> but we give them the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> raw materials to work from. If your machine
>>>>
>>>> is
>>>>>
>>>>> not listed in our .desc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> files, the distro won't know
>>>>
>>>> about
>>>>>
>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> allan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:47
>>>>
>>>> AM,
>>>>>
>>>>>  <emmanu
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> el at engelhart
>>>>
>>>>> .org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have an Ubuntu Jaunty and I have
>>>>
>>>> reported
>>>>>
>>>>> two
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> times a problem with the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> libsane.fdi:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/378401 to the
>>>>>>> sane-backends package
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/28
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 0909 to the HAL package
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But I'm not sure to do it in
>>>>
>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>> right
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> way.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The issue seems for me pretty easy
>>>>
>>>> to patch
>>>>>
>>>>> : the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> scanner works currently only as root.
>>>>
>>>> The
>>>>>
>>>>> problem seems to come from
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libsane.fdi because the AVISION 6080E in
>>>>
>>>> not
>>>>>
>>>>> inside. Patching it like
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> described in the bug report 280909 and
>>>>
>>>> it
>>>>>
>>>>> works.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, do I do something
>>>>
>>>> wrong?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>> Emmanuel
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> "The truth is an offense, but not
>>>>
>>>> a
>>>>>
>>>>> sin"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> "The truth is an offense, but not a
>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
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>>
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