Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> scanner help needed.
>
> I just installed a fresh Debian 2.2R3 and wanted to scan.
> So I installed sane.
>
> But when I run xscanimage it says it can't find any devices.
>
> That makes me wonder, because:
>
> During bootup the the BIOS finds my SCSI scanner.
> During Linux load, Linux finds my SCSI scanner.
> I can see my scanner in /proc/scsi/scsi
> When I run find-scanner, find-scanner finds my SCSI scanner on /dev/sg0 and on
> my link /dev/scanner.
>
> The scanner is a Mustek MFS 6000CX, which, according to the SANE homepage,
> is supported by the SANE version (1.0.1) on Debian 2.2R3.
> It's a SCSI scanner connected to an Adaptec 2930U SCSI controller, which is
> also supported on Debian 2.2R3.
>
> Now I'm clueless.
> Why can't xscanimage find the scanner when the rest of the system can?
>
Have you tried xsane? It's deemed to be a little better at this. Works
for me.
