Possible workaround for scanner failing to work in f11

[Mike Cloaked <mike cloaked gmail com>]

I have been battling with trying to get my scanner to work after an f11
install - this is with a scanner that was working in f10 previously.

I found a "fix" that may also work for others who find their scanner device
is not found in GIMP->File->Create->XSane: Device dialog...

During the updates after the install there was an update to
sane-backends-1.0.20-4.fc11.i586 and this package deals with the dll.conf
file in /etc/sane.d/

I noticed that there were two files:
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  916 2009-10-03 12:13 dll.conf
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  664 2009-06-23 09:04 dll.conf.rpmnew

However the earlier dated dll.conf.rpmnew listed the driver that I needed
and that was in the system, but the dll.conf file did not! So I made
dll.conf.rpmnew into dll.conf and tried again - and it worked fine!

Others having issues with their scanner may find that this workaround may
help too  - depending on the model of the scanner involved.
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