[sane-devel] sane-find-scanner works but scanimage does not find a scanner

Sylvain Petreolle spetreolle at yahoo.fr
Sat May 11 14:49:58 BST 2002 

did you check the "scanner" module is loaded ?
try to run 'lsmod' to see if it's present.
if not, launch 'modprobe scanner' and report if it
scans. hotplug should have loaded it when you connect
the scanner otherwise.

 --- Jim Newton <jimka at rdrop.com> a écrit : > hi
wolfgang, i was indeed able to get the scanner
> working yesterday.
> although it no longer works today.  In the directory
> /usr/lib/sane
> had contained lots of links to 1.0.5 files.  but the
> 1.0.5 files did
> not exists,  since the 1.0.7 files did exist, i
> removed the invalid
> symbolic links and replaced them with valid 1.0.7
> links.   after that
> the scanner worked.
> 
> the snapscan e40 does not have a power button.  the
> only way i can
> turn it off, is to unplug it.  when i try to run
> xsane, xsane cannot
> figure out if the scanner is warming up, or
> disconnected.  i suspect
> that is the problem now... but i have no idea how to
> solve it.
> 
> what i saw was it worked until i went to bed last
> night.  but this
> morning when i woke up i get the following errors
> from scanimage.
> 
> 
> [jimka at localhost ~]$ scanimage -L
> [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of snapscan to
> 255.
> [snapscan] sane_snapscan_init
> [snapscan] sane_snapscan_init: Snapscan backend
> version 1.4.7
> [snapscan] add_device(/dev/usb/scanner0)
> [snapscan] add_device: Detected (kind of) an USB
> device
> [snapscan] snapscani_usb_open(/dev/usb/scanner0)
> [snapscan] add_device: error opening device
> /dev/usb/scanner0: Invalid
> argument
> [snapscan] add_device(usb 0x06bd 0x208d)
> [snapscan] add_device: Detected (kind of) an USB
> device
> [snapscan] snapscani_usb_open(0x06bd 0x208d)
> [snapscan] add_device: error opening device 0x06bd
> 0x208d: Invalid
> argument
> [snapscan] sane_snapscan_get_devices (0xbffff198, 0)
> 
> No scanners were identified. If you were expecting
> something different,
> check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and
> detected by the
> sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read
> the documentation
> which came with this software (README, FAQ,
> manpages).
> [snapscan] sane_snapscan_exit
> [jimka at localhost ~]$ 
> 
> 
> 
> Wolfgang Rapp wrote:
> > 
> > Sylvain Petreolle schrieb:
> > >
> > > I 've only these two lines in my snapscan.conf :
> > > (I've not updated the file for months though I
> have
> > > the last CVS code)
> > >
> > > /dev/usb/scanner0
> > > firmware /mnt/hda/windows/system/snape20.bin
> > >
> > For me I also have a similar snapscan.conf entry
> like above.
> > What kernel do you run and witch sane version.
> > Please also check that the dev scanner0 is present
> with MAJOR-Nr 180 and
> > MINOR-Nr 48
> > this is not always created automaticly in all
> distributions.
> > Also the driver module scanner.o must be loaded
> for USB-scanners.
> > All this run on RedHat 6.0 with kernel version
> 2.2.19 and sane 1.0.7
> > 
> > Bye Wolfgang
> > 
> >   --- Jim Newton <jimka at rdrop.com> a écrit : > do
> i
> > > need to be using /etc/sane.d or
> > > > /usr/local/etc/sane.d
> > > >
> > > > in response to your email, i've created
> > > > /usr/local/etc/sane.d
> > > > which did not previously exist.  i've made it
> a link
> > > > to /etc/sane.d
> > > >
> > > > I've downloaded the Snape40.bin into my home
> > > > directory, because
> > > > i do not have any microsoft window installed
> on my
> > > > computer.
> > > >
> > > > can you have a look at my snapscan.conf and
> compare
> > > > it to yours.
> > > > can you tell me if you see any significant
> > > > difference????
> > > >
> > > > -jim> #------------------------------ General
> > > > -----------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > # Change to the fully qualified filename of
> your
> > > > firmware file, if
> > > > # firmware upload is needed by the scanner
> > > > firmware /home/jimka/Snape40.bin
> > > >
> > > > # If not automatically found you may manually
> > > > specify a device name.
> > > >
> > > > # For USB scanners also specify bus=usb, e.g.
> > > > /dev/usb/scanner0 bus=usb
> > > >
> > > > # For SCSI scanners specify the generic
> device, e.g.
> > > > /dev/sg0 on Linux.
> > > > # /dev/sg0
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > # No changes should be necessary below this
> line
> > > >
> > >
>
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > #-------------------------- SCSI scanners
> > > > ----------------------------------
> > > > # These SCSI devices will be probed
> automatically
> > > > scsi AGFA * Scanner
> > > > scsi COLOR * Scanner
> > > > scsi Color * Scanner
> > > > scsi ACERPERI * Scanner
> > > >
> > > > #--------------------------- USB scanners
> > > > -----------------------------------
> > > > # These USB devices will be probed
> automatically
> > > > # (This will currently work only on Linux)
> > > >
> > > > # Acer 620U / 620UT
> > > > usb 0x04a5 0x2040
> > > > # Acer 640U
> > > > usb 0x04a5 0x2060
> > > > # Acer 640BU
> > > > usb 0x04a5 0x207e
> > > > # Acer 1240U
> > > > usb 0x04a5 0x20c0
> > > > # Acer 3300 / 4300
> > > > usb 0x04a5 0x20b0
> > > > # Acer 4300
> > > > usb 0x04a5 0x20de
> > > > # Agfa 1236U
> > > > usb 0x06bd 0x0002
> > > > # Agfa 1212U
> > > > usb 0x06bd 0x0001
> > > > usb 0x06bd 0x2061
> > > > # Agfa Snapscan e20
> > > > usb 0x06bd 0x2091
> > > > # Agfa Snapscan e25
> > > > usb 0x06bd 0x2095
> > > > # Agfa Snapscan e26
> > > > usb 0x06bd 0x2097
> > > > # Agfa Snapscan e40
> > > > usb 0x06bd 0x208d
> > > > # Agfa Snapscan e42
> > > > usb 0x06bd 0x20ff
> > > > # Agfa Snapscan e50
> > > > usb 0x06bd 0x208f
> > > > # Agfa Snapscan e52
> > > > usb 0x06bd 0x20fd
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
>
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