[sane-devel] scanbd scanner button daemon

[Wilhelm]

Hi again,

Am 11.11.2011 17:46, schrieb Florian Litzinger:
> Hello,
>
> it's working like a charm now.

good to hear!

> Thank you for this great piece of software!

If you have any suggestions don't hesitate.


> Best Regards
> Florian
>
>
> Am 11.11.2011 11:25, schrieb Wilhelm:
>> Am 11.11.2011 11:02, schrieb Florian Litzinger:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've attached the log file.
>>
>> ok, looks fine.
>>
>> The scanner is recognized an several options and buttons are found, e.g.
>> these
>>
>> /usr/local/bin/scanbd: found active option[23] button-copy (type: 0) for
>> device rts8891:libusb:/dev/usb:/dev/ugen4.2
>> /usr/local/bin/scanbd: found active option[24] button-mail (type: 0) for
>> device rts8891:libusb:/dev/usb:/dev/ugen4.2
>> /usr/local/bin/scanbd: found active option[25] button-image-copy (type:
>> 0) for device rts8891:libusb:/dev/usb:/dev/ugen4.2
>> /usr/local/bin/scanbd: found active option[26] button-www (type: 0) for
>> device rts8891:libusb:/dev/usb:/dev/ugen4.2
>> /usr/local/bin/scanbd: found active option[27] button-scan (type: 0) for
>> device rts8891:libusb:/dev/usb:/dev/ugen4.2
>>
>> now you can define actions for these options, e.g.
>>
>> action copy {
>> filter = "^button-copy$"
>> string-trigger {
>> from-value = ""
>> to-value = "^copy.*"
>> }
>> desc = "Copy to printer"
>> # script must be an absolute pathname to the action script without
>> arguments
>> script = "/usr/local/etc/scanbd/test.script"
>> }
>>
>> and then watch if you see any value changes when you press the scanner
>> button. If that's ok you can define scripts to implement the actions.
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Florian
>>>
>>> Am 11.11.2011 10:45, schrieb Wilhelm:
>>>> Am 11.11.2011 10:16, schrieb Florian Litzinger:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to use the scanner button daemon on a FreeBSD 9 server. I
>>>>> configured the program according to the information provided in the
>>>>> INSTALL file, however, when trying to start the daemon using
>>>>> /usr/local/bin/scanbd -c /usr/local/etc/scanbd/scanbd.conf
>>>>> the following gets printed on stdout
>>>>> /usr/local/bin/scanbd: debug on: level: 7
>>>>> /usr/local/bin/scanbd: daemonize
>>>>> and then nothing more happens. ps also doesn't show any processes
>>>>> connected to scanbd (or saned, for that matter).
>>>>
>>>> Please start it in the foreground (-df) and post the output:
>>>>
>>>> /usr/local/bin/scanbd -df -c /usr/local/etc/scanbd/scanbd.conf
>>>>
>>>>> The daemon is supposed to run under the saned user account, which
>>>>> apparently has sufficent rights to use the scanner device, as
>>>>> scanimage
>>>>> -L does list the scanner (it's a HP 4470c).
>>>>> Could you give me any hints on how to proceed and debug this issue? I
>>>>> also can't seem to find the log files mentioned in scanbd.conf - are
>>>>> these messages supposed to appear in the syslog?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>> Florian
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>


-- 
Wilhelm