[sane-devel] Xsane locks system w/UMAX Astra 1200S

[abel deuring]

David Anderson schrieb:
> Gentoo Linux w/2.4.22 kernel.
> 
> XSane .91 installed.
> 
> When I run XSane, it detects the Umax Astra 1200S (Scsi) scanner.  When
> I click 'Acquire Preview' or 'Scan', the scanner starts to go and then
> the system hangs.  Mouse won't move, can't toggle numlock, and can't
> CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to kill X.  
> 
> Any thoughts?  What's strange is this did work a few months ago. 
> Nothing has really changed as far as I know.  I.E.  No new devices have
> been added to the system, and no settings were changed, at least that I
> know of.  
> 
> As far as I can guess, this is some sort of resource conflict.  I'm just
> not sure how to go about troubleshooting.  Advice is welcome.
> 
> The SCSI card is Adaptec 2930.

The aic7xxx driver is quite stable, so even if you have a broken scanner 
or broken SCSI cabling, you should simply get some error messages. A 
completely frozen computer lets me suspect a serious problem with the 
hardware of your Linux box. I'd recommend to test another SCSI adapter 
(Adaptec are generally fine), and, if that's possible for you, to test 
the same Linux installation on a different computer.

> 
> cat /proc/scsi/scsi shows:
> 
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: UMAX     Model: Astra 1200S      Rev: V3.1
>   Type:   Scanner                          ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: HP       Model: CD-Writer+ 9200  Rev: 1.0e
>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 04

Can you successfully access the CD writer?

Abel