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 > > > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org