Using an Epson Perfection 1660 Photo (GT-8300) scanner, when using transparency unit, and selecting negative film as a film type, xsane does not remember this last setting after quit and restart. All other settings are hold between two lauches of the program. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start xsane 2. Choose transparency unit 3. Choose negative film (in film type list) 4. Close xsane 5. Start xsane Actual Results: All settings have been remembered, except film type Expected Results: Film type should have been remembered : negative film. Scanner : Epson Perfection 1660 Photo (GT-8300), with a transparency unit. emerge info : ------------- Portage 2.0.51-r14 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.10-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Nov 7 2004, 14:22:10)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r2, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r3 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=athlon-tbird -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=athlon-tbird -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mir.zyrianes.net/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.inode.at/source/ http://gentoo.inode.at/ http://gentoo.mirror.icd.hu/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow X aalib alsa apm avi bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr crypt cups dga dhcp divx4linux dvd encode esd f77 fam flac font-server foomaticdb gif gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib java jpeg junit kde libg++ libwww lirc mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla moznocomposemoznoirc mozsvg mpeg mysql nas ncurses nls nocardbus oggvorbis opengl oss pcre pdflib perl php png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl slang spell ssl svg svga tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb vhosts wmf xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib linguas_fr" Unset: LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Please report this to the xsane author, see http://www.xsane.org/xsane-contact.html Nothing gentoo specific about this, I'm afraid.