From: laidlaws@hotkey.net.au   
      
   Grimble wrote:   
      
   > On 28/11/13 23:23, David W. Hodgins wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 13:24:22 -0500, Grimble    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I've had to change some network addresses, but I see from   
   >>> strace xsane   
   >>> that xsane is trying to contact the old network address of the scanner.   
   >>> I can find no configuration data that would indicate where xsane is   
   >>> finding that old address.   
   >>   
   >> According to "man xsane" ...   
   >>         $HOME/.sane/xsane/devicename.rc   
   >>                For  each  device,  there  is one rc-file that holds the   
   >> saved settings for that particular device.  Nor‐   
   >>                mally, this file should not be manipulated directly.   
   >> Instead, the user should use the xsane interface to   
   >>                select appropriate values and then save the device   
   >> settings using the "Preferences->Save Device Settings"   
   >>                menubar entry.   
   >>   
   >> Regards, Dave Hodgins   
   >>   
   > Thanks Dave. I had found the corresponding .drc file, but it contains no   
   > network address. Nor can I find the old "192.168.2.10" address in   
   > /etc/..... or /var/...   
   > Found it! /usr/local/Brother/sane/brsanenetdevice3.cfg   
   > Very annoying to find configuration data in a /usr/ subdirectory.   
   > Now it works   
   >   
   Perhaps it isn't in xsane.  I have a Brother MFC, and I am asked to create a   
   config file which includes the network address.  The USB scanner is the one   
   I use.  XSane sees the wireless network version as brother.net4.dev0  I   
   don't know where it gets that from.   
      
   Doug.   
      
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