[sane-devel] Installation of Epson 1650 Scanner
Karl Heinz Kremer
khk@khk.net
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:17:38 -0500
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On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:51:51PM -0500, John S. Dey wrote:
> Karl and Others:
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> I went back over this log and discovered that the file epson.conf file=20
> had an incorrect entry . I changed the enty from "/dev/usb/scanner0" to=
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> "usb /dev/usb/scanner0" as I had been instructed. Thanks for your=20
> assistance and patience. Scanner seem to be working correctly and I=20
> have it working with gimp. One last question. Where do I get=20
> information with regards to linux drivers for my HP 970Cxi printer? I=20
> am not at all happy with the print quality.
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> Again thank you very much.
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> John Dey
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> Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
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> >On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 02:06:34PM -0500, John S. Dey wrote:
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> >>Karl:
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> >>(1) You were right -- the permission was "crw-------" but the owner was=
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> >>user. When I change the permission to "crw-rw-rw" and set owner to=20
> >>"user.user" and logoff and logon again the values revert to "cwr-------=
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> >>and "user.root". RH does something or maybe Gnome. I tried with=20
> >>another user account and observed the same behavior.
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> >That's OK, something in our computer is changing the permissioins when
> >you log in. Therefore whoever is logged into the console has access
> >to the scanner.=20
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> >Did you install RH 7.3 from scratch, or was this an update from 7.2?
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> >>(2) After setting to "crw-rw-rw" and "user.user" and running xsane as=
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> >>before, the debug scan.log file now doesn't have the line "Send buf,=20
> >>Size=3D2" but ends with the line "[epson] attach failed: Access to=20
> >>resource has been denied"
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> >This is odd, as long as you have rw access to the device, it should
> >behave the same way.
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> >>(3) There were no messages printed to the console
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> >>(4) I don't have another USB cable but I have a Win98 machine that did=
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> >>work with the scanner. I will check out that this is still the case. =
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> >>plan to install RH 7.3 on that machine and I will run the experiments=
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> >>using it.
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> >>(5) I am currently running on a Compaq Presario 5000 with a USB=20
> >>keyboard.
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> >>Thank you for your efforts and suggestions. Any further thoughts will=
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> >I am running out of ideas here. Let me give you once again the check lis=
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> >usually it's one of these points:
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> >- Verify that you only have one set of configuration file / one version
> >of Sane installed.
> >- Verify that you have the correct configuration line in epson.conf
> >(very likely "usb /dev/usb/scanner0")
> >- Verify that you have read and write access to the device file
> >- Verify that the USB scanner driver is loaded (cat /proc/modules | grep=
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> >scanner)
> >- Verify that the scanner is recognized by the USB driver (cat=20
> >/proc/bus/usb/devices)
> >- Verify that you get the same results as root and as normal user.
> >- Connect the scanner directly to the computer and not via a hub.
> >
> >Karl Heinz
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> >>Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
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> >>>Sorry for the misunderstanding. The backend tries to send two bytes
> >>>(the reset command), but never receives the acknowledgement from
> >>>the scanner. You wrote in your first message that the permissions
> >>>on the device file are 666, can you please verify this.=20
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> >>>Do you see any messages on the console?=20
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> >>>Is the scanner connected via a hub? If so, can you try to connect
> >>>it directly to the computer and run the test again.
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> >>>Do you have a second USB cable that you can use? I have seen this
> >>>problem once where replacing the cable fixed everything.=20
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> >>>Do you have any other USB devices connected to your computer?
> >>>
> >>>Karl Heinz
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 09:10:30PM -0400, John S. Dey wrote:
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> >>>>By home I meant that things are not working yet. Please note that th=
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> >>>>device opens and the debug output ends with "Send buf, Size=3D2" I=
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> >>>>rechecked the file epson.conf for the correct spelling for the device=
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> >>>>name and it appears correct. Where do I go from here.
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> >>>>Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
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> >>>>>This is strange. I assume that you have not yet changed the=20
> >>>>>spelling of the entry in the config file. Therefore the scanner
> >>>>>should not react at all. Or did I misinterpret your comment
> >>>>>about not being home?=20
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> >>>>>Karl Heinz
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> >>>>>On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 04:18:42PM -0400, John S. Dey wrote:
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> >>>>>>Karl:
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> >>>>>>Thanks for correcting my spelling. I'm not home yet however. When=
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> >>>>>>I xsane, a window pops up and first says that it is "scanning for a=
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> >>>>>>device" . After about 15 sec. the light on the scanner is blinking=
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> >>>>>>and then the window goes blank and the light on the scanner stops=
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> >>>>>>blinking and stays on. The debug file indicates the device has bee=
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> >>>>>>openned and a line "Send buf, Size=3D2" is added to file. I couldn=
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> >>>>>>delete the window and I couldn't kill it as user or super user. =20
> >>>>>>Logout/login got rid of the xsane process. Have I experienced=20
> >>>>>>normal behavior or is there still something I am missing. Thanks=
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> >>>>>>for your assistance.
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> >>>>>>Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
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> >>>>>>>The log files show that you are trying to open the file
> >>>>>>>/dev/ubs/scanner0 and not /dev/usb/scanner0. I am pretty
> >>>>>>>sure that the scanner will work once you correct the typo.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Karl Heinz
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> >>>>>>>On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 02:16:53PM -0400, John S. Dey wrote:
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> >>>>>>>>Hello:
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> >>>>>>>>I am trying to connect my Epson Perfection 1650 to a Up2date RH7.=
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> >>>>>>>>linux machine. I researched the archives and ran the follow test=
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> >>>>>>>>The scanner is on and connected.
> >>>>>>>>The device, /dev/usb/scanner0, privelages was set to 666. Can=20
> >>>>>>>>anyone help me out with the installation? =20
> >>>>>>>>Thanks
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>TESTS
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> >>>>>>>>"sane-find-scanner" produces:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>sane-find-scanner: found USB scanner (vendor =3D 0x04b8, product =
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> >>>>>>>>0x0110) at device /dev/usb/scanner0
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>"export SANE_DEBUG_EPSON=3D3D12
> >>>>>>>>xsane > /tmp/scan.log 2>&1" produces the output:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>[sanei_debug] Setting debug level of epson to 3.
> >>>>>>>>[epson] sane_init: sane-backends 1.0.7
> >>>>>>>>[epson] SANE Epson Backend v0.2.19 - 2002-01-18
> >>>>>>>>[epson] attach: opening epson:/dev/ubs/scanner0
> >>>>>>>>[epson] attach: open failed: Invalid argument
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>I have set epson.conf to both /dev/ubs/scnner0 (output not shown)=
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> >>>>>>>>and epson:/dev/ubs/scanner0
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>I issued:
> >>>>>>>>"SANE_DEBUG_EPSON=3D255 scanimage -L" which produces:
> >>>>>>>>[sanei_debug] Setting debug level of epson to 255.
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> >>>>>>>>.
> >>>>>>>>[epson] sane_init, ># recognized.<
> >>>>>>>>[epson] sane_init, >epson:/dev/ubs/scanner0<
> >>>>>>>>[epson] sane_init, >epson:/dev/ubs/scanner0<
> >>>>>>>>[epson] attach(epson:/dev/ubs/scanner0)
> >>>>>>>>[epson] SANE Epson Backend v0.2.19 - 2002-01-18
> >>>>>>>>[epson] attach(epson:/dev/ubs/scanner0)
> >>>>>>>>[epson] attach: opening epson:/dev/ubs/scanner0
> >>>>>>>>[epson] attach: open failed: Invalid argument
> >>>>>>>>[epson] sane_get_devices()
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> >>>>>>>>.
> >>>>>>>>and finally I issued:
> >>>>>>>>"SANE_DEBUG_DLL=3D255 scanimage -L" which produces:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>[sanei_debug] Setting debug level of dll to 255.
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> >>>>>>>>sane-backends-1.0.7
> >>>>>>>>[dll] add_backend: adding backend epson
> >>>>>>>>[dll] load: loading backend epson
> >>>>>>>>[dll] load: dlopen()ing `/usr/lib/sane/libsane-epson.so.1'
> >>>>>>>>[dll] init: initializing backend `epson'
> >>>>>>>>[sanei_debug] Setting debug level of epson to 3.
> >>>>>>>>[epson] sane_init: sane-backends 1.0.7
> >>>>>>>>[epson] SANE Epson Backend v0.2.19 - 2002-01-18
> >>>>>>>>[epson] attach: opening epson:/dev/ubs/scanner0
> >>>>>>>>[epson] attach: open failed: Invalid argument
> >>>>>>>>[dll] init: backend `epson' is version 1.0.219
> >>>>>>>>[dll] sane_exit: exiting
> >>>>>>>>[dll] sane_exit: calling backend `epson's exit function
> >>>>>>>>[dll] sane_exit: finished
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
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Karl Heinz Kremer khk@khk.net
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