Hello Brian,
the hp-backend does not store the image in memory unless you select the
option "mirror-vertical". You can watch the memory use running xosview
during a scan. If you are not getting too deep into swap space, you are
not running out of memory.
If a scan dies, it could also be a problem with the SCSI-card or
connection. The cards delivered with the HP scanners seem not to work
very good under Linux.
--Peter
Brian Schramm wrote:
>
> I know that my machine is old and I am pushing it but I am just wondering if
> this is a problem because of a lack of memory.
>
> First the machine:
> Pentiom 133 with 80 meg of ram
> SCSI hard drives and IDE Hard Drives
> Debian Potato with Helix Gnome and KDE 2.1
> HP scanjet 5p scsi
>
> Now for the problem:
>
> If I try to scan a page in GUI mode using scanimage or xsane the scanner die
> mid scan. If I get rid of the gui I can use scanimage to do a scan. But I
> still cannot use xerox to do a copy.
>
> This appears to be a lack of memory but I just want to be sure. I am
> upgrading machines so I will have more memory but I want to make sure that the
> upgrade will fix my problems..
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian
>
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>
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