[sane-devel] Epson RX600 - can't find

Sat, 02 Jul 2005 15:00:16 -0700

dll.conf appears to come with epson uncommented, along with a whole bunch of 
other backends.

On Saturday 02 July 2005 12:53 pm, you wrote:
> Did you uncomment the entry for the EPSON backend in dll.conf?
>
> On Jul 2, 2005, at 2:46 PM, g.hinger@verizon.net wrote:
> >> I have one sitting next to my computer, and it works...
> >
> > Are you using the proprietary epson drivers (called iscan-1.14.0-3)?
> > Or does it work without those?
> >
> >> The file /tmp/scan.log will contain information about what the
> >> backend is
> >> doing.
> >
> > It seems pretty bare :(
> >
> > # set | grep SANE
> > SANE_DEBUG_EPSON=255
> >
> > # scanimage > /tmp/scan.log 2>&1
> >
> > #cat /tmp/scan.log
> > scanimage: no SANE devices found
> >
> >> Do you have more than one version of Sane on your system?
> >
> > I don't think so...
> >
> > # scanimage -V
> > scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.14; backend version 1.0.14
> >
> > # ls -alg /usr/lib64/libsan*
> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root   811 2005-01-10 10:17 /usr/lib64/libsane.la
> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root    17 2005-06-23 00:50 /usr/lib64/libsane.so ->
> > libsane.so.1.0.14
> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root    17 2005-06-23 00:50 /usr/lib64/libsane.so.1 ->
> > libsane.so.1.0.14
> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root 23632 2005-01-10 10:17 /usr/lib64/libsane.so.1.0.14
> >
> > On Saturday 02 July 2005 05:13 am, you wrote:
> >> I have one sitting next to my computer, and it works...
> >>
> >> Try to set the debug environment variable before you run scanimage:
> >>
> >> export SANE_DEBUG_EPSON=255
> >> scanimage > /tmp/scan.log 2>&1
> >>
> >> The file /tmp/scan.log will contain information about what the
> >> backend is
> >> doing. What surprises me is that the scanner is not even recognized.
> >>
> >> Do you have more than one version of Sane on your system?
> >>
> >> Karl Heinz
> >>
> >> On Jul 2, 2005, at 12:54 AM, g.hinger@verizon.net wrote:
> >>> Hi, I have an Epson Stylus RX600 (USB connection) and I can't get
> >>> sane to
> >>> detect it fully. Supposedly this printer is supported with a "good"
> >>> rating.
> >>> I've spent a lot of time researching this but couldn't solve this
> >>> problem!
> >>> Please help...
> >>>
> >>> Here is a bunch of info:
> >>>
> >>> I'm using slamd64-10.1 (Slackware distribution tailored for
> >>> x86_64). I have
> >>> package sane-1.0.14-x86_64-1 installed. My kernel is version
> >>> 2.6.11.10.
> >>>
> >>> Because I use x86_64 architecture, I can't get the epson drivers at
> >>> http://www.avasys.jp/english/linux_e/dl_spc.html to work for me, as
> >>> some
> >>> source is available but it depends on proprietary libraries w/o
> >>> source.
> >>> Therefore, it won't compile. I can try using the binaries but I'm
> >>> not sure
> >>> how to extract them from rpm, or if I should just install rpm, or
> >>> if they
> >>> would work even if I extracted them. Also, sane-epson claims that
> >>> just about
> >>> any epson will work on it, at least at some minimum level of
> >>> support.
> >>>
> >>> Here is the  USB device info (from /proc/bus/usb/devices):
> >>> :  Bus=05 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=06 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
> >>>
> >>> D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
> >>> P:  Vendor=04b8 ProdID=0806 Rev= 1.00
> >>> S:  Manufacturer=EPSON
> >>> S:  Product=USB2.0 MFP(Hi-Speed)
> >>> S:  SerialNumber=L58020407201723330
> >>> C:* #Ifs= 3 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=  2mA
> >>> I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
> >>> E:  Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> >>> E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> >>> I:  If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usblp
> >>> E:  Ad=04(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> >>> E:  Ad=85(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> >>> I:  If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-
> >>> storage
> >>> E:  Ad=07(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> >>> E:  Ad=88(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
> >>>
> >>> sane-find-scanner reports this:
> >>>
> >>> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x0806 [USB2.0
> >>> MFP(Hi-Speed)]) at libusb:005:002
> >>>
> >>> /dev/usb is very limited:
> >>> %ls -alg /dev/usb
> >>> total 0
> >>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root      0 2005-07-01 21:44 .
> >>> drwxr-xr-x  18 root      0 2005-07-01 21:17 ..
> >>> crw-rw----   1 lp   180, 0 2005-07-01 21:44 lp0
> >>>
> >>> I altered /etc/sane.d/epson.conf to have every line commented out
> >>> except for a
> >>> single line: usb 0x4b8 0x806. This doesn't help. I also tried
> >>> futzing with
> >>> mknod, /dev/usb/scanner, /dev/usb/scanner0, libusb:005:002, etc..
> >>> with
> >>> negative results.
> >>>
> >>> scanimage -L always fails!
> >>>
> >>> %scanimage -L
> >>> 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).
> >>>
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