Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision 900fdd4a305f2593aa5c61c1dce0a740e492bdf0)
+++ general.ent	(revision 6b8a7875dd9e16f86f8b3e70108ff1decf447ae7)
@@ -847,5 +847,5 @@
 <!ENTITY sane-version                 "1.0.24">
 <!ENTITY sane-fe-version              "1.0.14">
-<!ENTITY xsane-version                "0.998">
+<!ENTITY xsane-version                "0.999">
 
 <!-- Chapter 44 -->
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 900fdd4a305f2593aa5c61c1dce0a740e492bdf0)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 6b8a7875dd9e16f86f8b3e70108ff1decf447ae7)
@@ -48,4 +48,8 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to xsane-0.999. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;4530">#4530</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[fernando] - Update to poppler-0.24.5. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;4526">#4526</ulink>.</para>
Index: pst/scanning/xsane.xml
===================================================================
--- pst/scanning/xsane.xml	(revision 900fdd4a305f2593aa5c61c1dce0a740e492bdf0)
+++ pst/scanning/xsane.xml	(revision 6b8a7875dd9e16f86f8b3e70108ff1decf447ae7)
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY xsane-download-http " ">
-  <!ENTITY xsane-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp2.sane-project.org/pub/sane/xsane/xsane-&xsane-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY xsane-md5sum        "936f1cc76b37caa8f285e1e15ac7e0aa">
-  <!ENTITY xsane-size          "2.8 MB">
+  <!ENTITY xsane-download-http "http://www.xsane.org/download/xsane-&xsane-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY xsane-download-ftp " ">
+<!--  <!ENTITY xsane-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp2.sane-project.org/pub/sane/xsane/xsane-&xsane-version;.tar.gz"> -->
+  <!ENTITY xsane-md5sum        "9927f21e1ab6ba96315e7f0e30746deb">
+  <!ENTITY xsane-size          "2.9 MB">
   <!ENTITY xsane-buildsize     "23 MB">
   <!ENTITY xsane-time          "0.2 SBU">
@@ -65,15 +66,13 @@
       <xref linkend="sane"/> (back ends)
     </para>
-
+<!--
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required">
+    <para role="recommended">
       <xref linkend="xdg-utils"/> (for the help docummentation at runtime)
-    </para>
+    </para>-->
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional">
-      <xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
-      <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
-      <xref linkend="lcms"/>, and
+      <xref linkend="lcms"/> and
       <xref linkend="gimp"/>
     </para>
@@ -90,6 +89,6 @@
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's/netscape/xdg-open/'                   src/xsane.h      &amp;&amp;
-sed -i -e 's/png_ptr->jmpbuf/png_jmpbuf(png_ptr)/' src/xsane-save.c &amp;&amp;
+<!--sed -i -e 's/netscape/xdg-open/'                   src/xsane.h      &amp;&amp;-->
+<screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's/png_ptr->jmpbuf/png_jmpbuf(png_ptr)/' src/xsane-save.c &amp;&amp;
 ./configure --prefix=/usr                                           &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
@@ -101,7 +100,10 @@
 <screen role="root"><userinput>make xsanedocdir=/usr/share/doc/xsane-&xsane-version; install &amp;&amp;
 ln -v -s ../../doc/xsane-&xsane-version; /usr/share/sane/xsane/doc</userinput></screen>
-
+<!--
     <para>If you have not installed <xref linkend="xdg-utils"/> and have not
-    issued the first sed:</para>
+    issued the first sed:</para>-->
+    <para>A browser of your choice can be used to get inline help, using the
+    following command,  as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+    user:</para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s &lt;browser&gt; /usr/bin/netscape</userinput></screen>
@@ -109,4 +111,10 @@
     <note><para>Be sure to replace &lt;browser&gt; with the browser of your
     choice on your system.</para></note>
+
+    <para>Alternatively, if the environment variable BROWSER is set to the
+    browser you want to use, eg, BROWSER="/usr/bin/firefox", the first time you
+    run <command>xsane</command>, it will be recorded in ~/.sane/xsane/xsane.rc.
+    If you wish to change it, edit this file, or remove it, and use the
+    instructions above, so that a new one is created.</para>
 
     <para>If <application>GIMP</application> is installed, issue the following
@@ -119,8 +127,8 @@
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
-
+<!--
     <para><command>sed -i -e 's/netscape/xdg-open/' src/xsane.h </command>:
     This is to use <command>xdg-open</command> for the help documentation,
-    instead of the hardcoded browser.</para>
+    instead of the hardcoded browser.</para>-->
 
     <para><command>ln -v -s ../../doc/xsane-&xsane-version;
