[GLLUG] Brother MFC5460CN printer/scanner under CentOS6

[Alain Williams]

I bought the Brother MFC5460CN some 4 years ago and used it quite happily under CentOS5.

To do so I needed to install a few RPMs:

    brmfcfaxcups-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm brmfcfaxlpd-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm brscan2-0.2.4-0.x86_64.rpm
    brscan-skey-0.2.1-1.x86_64.rpm mfc5460cncupswrapper-1.0.1-1.i386.rpm mfc5460cnlpr-1.0.1-1.i386.rpm

Most won't install, complaining:

    libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by brmfcfaxlpd-1.0.0-1.i386

So: they need to be rebuilt for CentOS6.

These, updated, RPMs do install:

    brscan-skey-0.2.4-0.x86_64.rpm brscan2-0.2.5-1.x86_64.rpm

    http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-5460CN

If I run xsane it looks for scanners and then complains:

    Failed to open device 'brother2:bus2;dev1': invalid argument

The device is printer/scanner/fax/photocopier.

I know that it is plugged in as lsusb tells me:

    Bus 008 Device 003: ID 04f9:01b7 Brother Industries, Ltd MFC-5460CN Remote Setup Port

Has anyone got any suggestions as to what to do ? I have written to Brother via
a web form.

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Alain Williams
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