Linux Newbie Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 (edited) Yeah, I'm a stupid helpless worthless ex-Windows user, and I have no clue how to scan a picture. I have a picture (just a regular Kodak) that I want to scan and email. I put the picture on the scanner (it's a printer/scanner/copier, pretty standard, nothing fancy) and pressed "Scan". It says that "Options not set." So my question is: how do I set options? Second thing is: my mouse. I have a simple Logitech optical mouse. It's got a left and right button and a scroll wheel. Occasionally it jumps erratically around the screen, opening and closing applications, etc. This never happened with Windows. Is it a problem with my mouse, and should I just buy a new one, or does it have something to do with Linux? Edit: Running Mandrake10/KDE Edited January 17, 2005 by Linux Newbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Sanning: Mandrake uses Sane to scan (http://www.sane-project.org/). Use the Mandrake Control Center to configure your scanner (MCC, Hardware, Scanner). Now all you nou need is a frontend for sane. (well not really you can scan from the CLI :) ) If KDE is your desktop use use Kooka (urpmi kooka). Mouse: it does sound like it's a hardware problem. Try pulling it's tail when it's jumping around. Or better, try another mouse to see if the jumping can be replicated. (borrow one, Don't buy a new one yet) Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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