[sane-devel] Question on SCSI-scanners

[m. allan noah]

Are you asking if there is a way to produce a list of all machines
which call themselves a 'scanner' and which call themselves a
'processor'?

allan

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Dieter Jurzitza
<dieter.jurzitza at t-online.de> wrote:
> Dear listmembers,
> prior to doing a "deep down" search on my own, here's a question someone might
> be able to answer  to me:
>
> The move in openSUSE from "conventional" permission distribution to hal
> recently started caused issues with SCSI scanners.
> By the help of the hal-developers I found a workaround that might require a
> certain extension to really work reliably.
>
> Therefore I'd like to know whether there is a chance to find from the sources
> (i. e. a specific variable there) whether a scanner announces itself
> as "processor", as "scanner" or as something else. This depends on the
> scsi.type that can be found in the device's bios.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you very much,
> take care
>
>
>
>
> Dieter Jurzitza
>
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