[sane-devel] sane installation, usb

[Bertrik Sikken]

I think you need to make a symbolic link to
/dev/usb/usbscanner0 , called /dev/usbscanner

ln -s /dev/usb/usbscanner0 /dev/usbscanner
(could also be ln -s /dev/usb/usbscanner0 /dev/usbscanner,
I mix those last two arguments up sometimes)

Bertrik


----- Origineel Bericht -----
Van: "Ingo P. Korndoerfer" <ingo at wzw.tum.de>
Datum: Woensdag 5 December 2001 11:03
Onderwerp: [sane-devel] sane installation, usb

> 
> hi everybody,
> 
> can anybody give me a hint ?
> 
> i have searched through the archives and so on, but
> it seems like none of the tricks give there could help me.
> 
> i am trying to install sane for my snapscan e20,
> but get
> 
> scanimage: open of device snapscan:/dev/usbscanner failed: Invalid
> argument
> 
> i have already downloaded and installed all these :
> 
> sane-backends-1.0.5.tar
> snapscan-20011129.tar
> agfafirm
> snape20.bin
> sanei_usb-2001-08-05.tar
> 
> the scanner module seems loaded
> 
> #lsmod | grep scanner
> scanner 		4840 	0 	(unused)
> usbcore                	27236   0  	[scanner usb-uhci 
usbkbd usb-
> storage]
> and the usbscanner device seems there, too ...
> 
> # file /dev/usb/usbscanner0
> /dev/usb/usbscanner0: character special (180/48)
> 
> what would be my problem ?
> 
> thanks
> 
>                                        ingo
> 
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