[sane-devel] hp scanner

[Peter Kirchgessner]

Hi Phil,

you can find some help on http://www.kirchgessner.net/sanehpfaq.html
But be aware that there have been a lot of reports in the past about 
problems with Buslogic cards and Linux kernel 2.4.x. I only can 
recommend to use another SCSI-card.

--Peter

Phil Workman schrieb:
> Hi Thankyou in advance  details of problem/computer
> p133 
> running redhat 7.3  -kernel 2.4.18-3
> pci scsi card buslogic bt930
> scanner hp scanjet IIcx (ca2500A)
> 
> scanner is detected on startup
> /var/log/dmesg
> <snip>
> subsystem driver Revision: 1.00: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe 
> -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2: Found IRQ 9 for device 
> 00:0b.0: ***** BusLogic SCSI Driver Version 2.1.15 of 17 
> August 1998 *****: Copyright 1995-1998 by Leonard N. Zubkoff 
> <lnz at dandelion.com>: Configuring BusLogic Model BT-930 PCI 
> Ultra SCSI Host Adapter:   Firmware Version: 5.02, I/O 
> Address: 0x6C00, IRQ Channel: 9/Level:   PCI Bus: 0, Device: 
> 11, Address: 0xE2001000, Host Adapter SCSI ID: 7:   Parity 
> Checking: Enabled, Extended Translation: Enabled:   
> Synchronous Negotiation: UUUUUFN#, Wide Negotiation: Disabled:   
> Disconnect/Reconnect: YYYYYYN#, Tagged Queuing: YYYYYYN#:   
> Driver Queue Depth: 255, Scatter/Gather Limit: 128 segments:   
> Tagged Queue Depth: Automatic, Untagged Queue Depth: 3:   
> Error Recovery Strategy: Default, SCSI Bus Reset: Enabled:   
> SCSI Bus Termination: Enabled, SCAM: Disabled: *** BusLogic 
> BT-930 Initialized Successfully ***: BusLogic BT-930
>  Vendor: HP        Model: C2500A            Rev: 3332
>  Type:   Processor                          ANSI SCSI 
> revision: 02: Target 6: Queue Depth 3, AsynchronousBlock 
> Device driver loaded
> <snip>
> (plus ide device): SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI 
> devices
>  Vendor: AOPEN     Model: CD-RW CRW2040     Rev: 1.21
>  Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI 
> revision: 02: DMA disabled
> 
> /etc/scsi/scsi
> Attached devices: : scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
>  Vendor: HP       Model: C2500A           Rev: 3332
>  Type:   Processor                        ANSI SCSI revision: 
> 02: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>  Vendor: AOPEN    Model: CD-RW CRW2040    Rev: 1.21
>  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 
> 02
> 
> when i run sane-find-scanner
> # Note that sane-find-scanner will find any scanner that is 
> connected
> # to a SCSI bus and some scanners that are connected to the 
> Universal
> # Serial Bus (USB) depending on your OS. It will even find 
> scanners
> # that are not supported at all by SANE. It won't find a 
> scanner that
> # is connected to a parallel or proprietary port.
> find-scanner: found SCSI processor "HP C2500A 3332" at device 
> /dev/scannerfind-scanner: found SCSI processor "HP C2500A 
> 3332" at device /dev/sg0find-scanner: found SCSI processor "HP 
> C2500A 3332" at device /dev/sga
> 
> 
> i do have messages in /var/log/messages
> when i run 
> sane-find-scanner 
> i get 
> 
> Dec  6 07:40:25 fergusson last message repeated 3 times 6 
> 07:41:40 fergusson kernel: ide-scsi: The scsi wants to send us 
> more data than expected - discarding data 6 07:41:40 fergusson 
> kernel: ide-scsi: transferred 5 of 6 bytes 6 07:41:40 
> fergusson kernel: ide-scsi: The scsi wants to send us more 
> data than expected - discarding data 6 07:41:40 fergusson 
> kernel: ide-scsi: transferred 5 of 6 bytes 6 07:43:12 
> 
> when i run scanimage --list-device
> 
> fergusson modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-
> 81
> 
> I hope i have given enough info - looks like i have some 
> problem in my scsi module ?(me being far from expert)
> 
> versions of sane
> sane-backends-1.0.7-6.1.i386.rpm
> sane-backends-devel-1.0.7-6.i386.rpm
> sane-frontends-1.0.7-6.1.i386.rpm
> 
> Regards
> Phil Workman
> 
> phil at pwork.contact.net.nz
> 
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Peter Kirchgessner
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mailto:peter at kirchgessner.net