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Debian scanner driver verite 55 all in one printer-scanner

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manny6
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Debian scanner driver verite 55 all in one printer-scanner

#1 Post by manny6 »

I'm using Debian Testing with xfce.

Kodak has a scanner driver as a deb file, which i installed using `dpkg -i kodak-verite-network-scan`. I cannot figure out how to use it.

When i installed the printer driver for the printer i used cups.

Cups gave me an error message that t KODAK-VERITEpdftocontone was missing from /usr/lib/cups/filter/

So i cp the deb file to a different directory.
open it with `ar x` and `cp KODAK-VERITEpdftocontone /usr/lib/cups/filter/` and the printer works fine.

Looks like the kodak driver puts things in the wrong place. Maybe it uses Ubuntu as it guide for deb files?

I cannot figure out how to fix the scanner driver. I don't have anything telling me something is missing. I have tried the following:


if i use the find i get:

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root@m:/#find / -iname "kodak-verite-network*"
    find: ‘/proc/2466/task/2466/net’: Invalid argument
    find: ‘/proc/2466/net’: Invalid argument
    /usr/share/doc/kodak-verite-network-scan
    /var/lib/dpkg/info/kodak-verite-network-scan.prerm
    /var/lib/dpkg/info/kodak-verite-network-scan.postinst
    /var/lib/dpkg/info/kodak-verite-network-scan.preinst
    /var/lib/dpkg/info/kodak-verite-network-scan.md5sums
    /var/lib/dpkg/info/kodak-verite-network-scan.list
    /home/m/Downloads/temp1/tmp/usr/share/doc/kodak-verite-network-scan
    find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied
/var/kodakscan

If i cat it I get: `kodakscan: No such file or directory`

I tried running it:

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root@m:/usr# ./kodakscan
    -su: ./kodakscan: No such file or directory


I decided to look inside the deb file using `ar x kodak-verite-network-scan` To see if i could figure out how to run the file. I also tried SANE as well as VueScan. Both did not recognize the scanner.


When i did a ls -l:

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root@m:/usr# ls -l
    total 224
    drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  122880 Apr 11 02:46 bin
    drwxr-xr-x   2 root root    4096 Apr  2 17:49 games
    drwxr-xr-x  55 root root   20480 Apr  6 20:40 include
    lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root      19 Apr 11 14:53 kodakscan -> ./unix_scan_drivers
    drwxr-xr-x 164 root root   20480 Apr  8 00:30 lib
    drwxr-xr-x   3 root root    4096 Apr 11 01:18 lib64
    drwxrwsr-x  11 root staff   4096 Apr  7 01:40 local
    drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   20480 Apr  7 15:00 sbin
    drwxr-xr-x 483 root root   20480 Apr 11 02:46 share
    drwxr-xr-x   3 root root    4096 Nov 14 19:29 src
    drwxr-xr-x   3 root root    4096 Nov 14 19:29 var
I don't know what the "->" means, looks like a pointer to me.

I did a ls -a to see if there was a hidden .file, but i only got

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root@m:/usr# ls -a
    .  ..  bin  games  include  kodakscan  lib  lib64  local  sbin  share  src  var
I used the `

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ar x
` to look inside the deb file. The file use `#!/bin/sh` I still cannot figure it out. The postinst starts off with many pages of `chmod '755'` and `chown ':bin' '/usr/local/KODAK-VERITE/<stuff>'`



I think the Kodak script installed a file in the wrong place, like it did with the printer file. If anyone knows how to get the software to work , it would help me. Otherwise i have to buy a different scanner.

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After some more searching i found this file.

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 root@m:/usr/local/KODAK-VERITE# ls
    network-scan.link  network-scan.unlink  ppd  printer_utility  unix_scan_drivers
    root@m:/usr/local/KODAK-VERITE# cd unix_scan_drivers/
    root@m:/usr/local/KODAK-VERITE/unix_scan_drivers# ls
    bin  docs  etc  jre  lib  scanner  share

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root@m:/usr/local/KODAK-VERITE/unix_scan_drivers# ls ./bin/
    applistDummy.xml       display.sh  scanPerformScanImage.sh  strings_es.sh
    demon                  kodakscan   scanSave.sh              strings_fr.sh
    demond_nscan           lshome      scanSaveToDOC.sh         usbreset
    dialogConfirmation.sh  lsinet      scanSaveToPDF.sh         usbreset.sh
    dialogNotification.sh  pxmstretch  scanSaveToPHOTO.sh
    dialogSaveFile.sh      sbrowser    strings_en.sh
I tried runing one of these scripts

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 root@m:/usr/local/KODAK-VERITE/unix_scan_drivers/bin# ./kodakscan 
    
    USAGE:
        kodakscan --ip-address=<scanner_ip> --filename=<filename> [--debug]
        kodakscan [--help]
        kodakscan [--version]

I'll try to get something to scan from the command line later. I am tired now. Must be a better way, I have to log in as root, and go to the file. These files are not in the search path, if i type there names, it is not found. I would prefer to do stuff from a gui, not command line when scanning.

shep
Posts: 423
Joined: 2011-03-15 15:22

Re: Debian scanner driver verite 55 all in one printer-scann

#2 Post by shep »

I don't know what the "->" means, looks like a pointer to me.
It is a "link" For more details

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man ln
As far as the scanner, it needs additional debian package to function, you did not mention if sane
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/sane and a front end were installed. There is also a warning in your post about the gvfs group not being found. This group is usually generated with gvfs is installed.

manny6
Posts: 19
Joined: 2018-04-11 22:26

Re: Debian scanner driver verite 55 all in one printer-scann

#3 Post by manny6 »

shep wrote:
I don't know what the "->" means, looks like a pointer to me.
It is a "link" For more details

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man ln
As far as the scanner, it needs additional debian package to function, you did not mention if sane
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/sane and a front end were installed. There is also a warning in your post about the gvfs group not being found. This group is usually generated with gvfs is installed.
I just looked at synaptic. I had sane-utils installed, but not sane. I just installed sane.
Not sure how to launch the front end, Nothing is showing up in application finder, or is i type sane in the terminal.

I did:

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m@m:~$ sudo sane-find-scanner

  # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
  # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
  # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x0bda [Generic], product=0x0129 [USB2.0-CRW]) at libusb:001:007
found USB scanner (vendor=0x0f1c [FUNAI], product=0x0115 [KODAK VERITE 50 Series]) at libusb:001:006
could not fetch string descriptor: Pipe error
could not fetch string descriptor: Pipe error
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04e8, product=0x6860) at libusb:001:005
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.
This time is did find the scanner

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found USB scanner (vendor=0x0f1c [FUNAI], product=0x0115 [KODAK VERITE 50 Series]) at libusb:001:006


so i did:

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root@m:~# scanimage -L

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
I also downloaded simple-scan. I cannot find the scanner.

Not sure what to do next.
Last edited by manny6 on 2018-04-12 01:33, edited 1 time in total.

shep
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Joined: 2011-03-15 15:22

Re: Debian scanner driver verite 55 all in one printer-scann

#4 Post by shep »

The other aspect is usb permissions and whether your user has access to the scanner. The wiki has more details and what you need to do from here
https://wiki.debian.org/Scanner

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