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   grinch to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: Setting up a usb scanner in Leap 16   
   28 Nov 25 19:21:06   
   
   From: grinch@sommewhere.com   
      
   On 28/11/2025 02:18, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-11-27 20:28, grinch wrote:   
   >> On 27/11/2025 18:48, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-11-27 16:34, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:   
   >> dule.   
   >>>   
   >>>> Maybe it's time to think about moving on, not that I want to.   
   >>>> I had a look at Kubuntu a few years back and was very happy that my   
   >>>> test was on a machine where I did not care about the data, or pretty   
   >>>> much anything else.   
   >>   
   >> Just installed the latest version of Kubuntu it offers nothing OS leap   
   >> 16 does not except DEB's rather than RPM's.There is no K "Yast"   
   >>   
   >> The KDE desktop system settings can manage most things but not   
   >> scanners it seems.   
   >>   
   >> I will probably build a spare leap 15.6 box and keep it just for   
   >> scanning until Leap 16 catches up.   
   >>   
   >> Tried installing Yast on Leap 16 ,it installed no problemĀ  but nothing   
   >> actually happed when I tried to run it.>   
   >   
      
      
      
   > You may have got YaST in text mode, so call it from a terminal.   
      
      
   Got Yast working but it cant setup the scanner either.   
      
   I am loosing the will to live so have given up on this approach and will   
   keep a 15.6 box until 16 can setup my scanner. Gives me a good excuse to   
   buy a new machine . My old one (leap 15.6) is 6.5 years old.   
      
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