[sane-devel] Epson usb scanner hangs up

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

Is the scanner connected via a USB hub? If so, does it make a  
difference if you connect it directly to the computer?
Do you have another USB interface that you could try? A different cable?

Karl Heinz


On Jun 17, 2006, at 6:15 AM, Ruell Magpayo wrote:

> Hi
>
>
>
> I need help in configuring in order for me to use my Epson AL-CX11  
> scanner
> in linux. Im not using any UI(X11,KDE,Gnome) since Im using Linux  
> server
> which is all console based and im trying to setup my print and  
> scanning
> server anyways I installed sane-backends-1.0.17 and my scanner is  
> already
> found when issuing sane-find-scanner and scanimage -L . But when I  
> try to
> issue scanimage command in console the scanner doesnft scan anything,
> displays the log as
>
>
>
> Tryin to write 2 bytes
>
> Wanted 2 bytes, wrote 2 bytes
>
> Tryin to read 4 bytes
>
> Read returned EOF
>
> scanimage: sane_start: End of file reached
>
>
>
> and freezes up the device, Thus causing the problem gDevice or  
> resource
> busyh.
>
> I need to turn the device off-on. Ive searched all over the net for  
> this
> problem and people suggested to modify/update something in ohci.c  
> but when I
> look at the source for the kernel the file ohci.c doesnft exists  
> but lots of
> ohci-* files.
>
>
>
> I need help on the following points;
>
> 1) what do I need to fixed this problem?
>
> 2) am I on the right track? Is it my usb that is the problem?
>
>  is my research that points me to modifying usb host drver correct?
> (ehci,ohci,uhci)
>
> 3) where else do I need to look for solutions?
>
>
>
>
>
> Heres my some useful info:
>
>
>
> Libusb 0.1.12
>
> Sane-backends-1.0.17
>
> Linux kernel 2.6.15
>
> Ubuntu server (but I donft think distro matters)
>
>
>
> thanks
>
>
>
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