Oliver Schwartz <Oliver.Schwartz at gmx.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On 02.02.2010, at 10:09, Zed wrote: > > > I am using LinuxMint v8.0 and having difficulty in getting my Benq S2W > > 4300U Scanner to work on my system. > > > > After installing u176v046.bin in .usr/share/sane/snapscan, and editing > > /etc/sane.d/snapscan.con to read: > > > > #------------------------------ General > > ----------------------------------- > > > > # Change to the fully qualified filename of your firmware file, if # > > firmware upload is needed by the scanner firmware > > /usr/share/sane/snapscan/u176v046.bin > > > > # If not automatically found you may manually specify a device name. > > > > # For USB scanners also specify bus=usb, e.g. /dev/usb/scanner0 bus=usb > > > > I get an error message: Failed to start scanner: Error during device I/O > > Please remove the line containing the USB device from your config file > (/dev/usb/scanner0) - it's no longer useable for systems using libusb and > the specified device does not exist on your system. After removing the > line the scanner should be found automatically.
Thsnk you for your quick response. Did as you suggested but still get the error message: Error. Failed to open device snapscan:libusb:002:003: Error during device I/O lusb confirms that the scanner is Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04a5:20b0 Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.) A2W 3300U4300U. Trying to scan through the Gimp plugin Quite insane returns the same error. Any further suggestions, please? Zed -- Zed Dogs come when they're called. Cats have answering machines