[sane-devel] Help with Canon2700F

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,

On Aug 15 23:53 Ulrich Deiters wrote:
> I played a little bit with my configuration files. In my
> /usr/etc/sane.d/dll.conf there is a line "#canon" which I left as it
> is. In /usr/etc/sane.d/canon.conf I tried several combinations. The
> scanner is recognized as canon:/dev/sg0 if canon.conf contains the line
> "/dev/sg0" or "scsi". "dev/scanner" works only if I create a symlink
> sg0 --> scanner (understandably).
> 
> The canon.conf of the contribution contains:
> #canon.conf
> /dev/scanner
> #/dev/sg0
> 
> I suggest changing that to
> 
> #canon.conf
> scsi
> 

Very many thanks for the testing!


What I have as default canon.conf in our newest sane package
results the same but it is a bit more verbose and /dev/scanner
is no longer mentioned because it is outdated.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
# canon.conf
#
# Activate exactly one of the following choices:
#
# Probe on all /dev/sg* devices:
scsi
#
# Probe for "CANON" on all /dev/sg* devices:
#scsi CANON
#
# Probe only on one fixed device:
#/dev/sg0
---------------------------------------------------------------------

I suggest to have this one as default in the next SANE version
or perhaps "scsi CANON" to be a bit more safe but only if all
scanners which are supported by the canon backend use exactly
this manufacturer name (as I don't know this I used only "scsi").


Kind Regards,
Johannes Meixner
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