[sane-devel] SCSI issues persist: open to suggestions

[paul beard]

Hubert Figuiere wrote:

> 
> It appear that I have some similar problems: sane-find-scanner find my
> UMAX Astra 1220S but xcanimage is unable to get even a preview.
> 
> On my side I have a little clue about what is happening: I have a 2.2.x
> PowerPC kernel and use the Debian sid version of Sane that I suspect
> build for 2.4.x kernel.
> 
> I will first rebuild a 2.4 kernel before thinking about reporting a bug


what hardware do you have? I have a 9500 and the current thinking 
is that since there are two buses, the external one may have some 
built-in "idiot-proofing" for stability and usability at the 
expense of speed and possibly compliance with standards. After 
applying several patches supplied by Abel Deuring, we could see 
the scanner and even run xsane but I could never get a preview and 
the scanner would reset itself while scanning, requiring it to be 
power-cycled before subsequent uses.

Let me know how your new kernel works for you and perhaps it may 
convince me to switch back to linux. This wouldn't be the first 
thing linux has gotten right where netbsd has stumbled.