On Nov 14, 2007 5:19 PM, Alexander Melhuish <awm106 at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: > Hello, > > I am attempting to make my scanner work. It is a Umax Astra 600S > attached via a SCSI-Firewire interface to my MacBook, which is running > Mac OS X 10.5. I'm using the latest version of the TWAIN-SANE > packages, which includes sane-backends 1.0.18. I tested this > configuration with a demo of SilverFast, which functioned properly. > > So far, the only way to have a complete response is using the --mode > LineArt option - anything else and the scanner and/or interface > 'crash'. Even in this mode though, no image is produced. > > Using SANE_DEBUG_SANEI_SCSI=255 and SANE_DEBUG_UMAX=255, I produced > the attached log file. I have tried experimenting a little with the > buffer options for sane_umax, but I'm not convinced that the back-end > is at fault. > > Anyone with experience of 'Out of memory' errors or sane_umax, please > respond. Any suggestions are welcome to just get basic functionality > to start with.
looks like a threading issue, and the 'eom' errors are just a side effect. I dont know anything about threading on OSX- but i bet mr ellert does. If he does not respond to this mail, you should email him directly. allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"