On Wed 31 December 2003 18:29, Paul Stear wrote:
> On Tue 30 December 2003 01:09, Norbert Kamenicky wrote:
> > Paul Stear wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have been trying to get my new epson scanner/printer CX5400 to work.
> > > I have followed the instructions and set the printer in cups as a C84.
> > > I also need to set the sane backend to recognise the device as a CX5200
> > > but I need the actual vendor and product id. I should be able to get
> > > this info from /proc/bus/usb/devices but this is blank.
> > >
> > > I have usb printer and usb scanner compiled as kernel modules so I
> > > suppose I need to load them to get the above entries.
> > >
> > > What is the best way to do this???
> >
> > Load modules manually (using modprobe),
> > look for your device id in the output of
> > command lsusb -vv (emerge usbutils)
> >
> > The best way is to put modules to file
> > /etc/modules.d/cx5400 and run modules-update
> >
> > noro
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have got the printer part to work by changing the device path in cups
> from /dev/usblpo to /dev/usb/lpo.
> I am having problems with the scanner, it works under user root and
> scanimage -L reports:
> [epson] Extended status flag request failed
> device `epson:libusb:002:005' is a Epson Unknown model flatbed scanner
> As a normal user it reports no scanners were identified. I am sure this is
> a permissions issue but I cannot find and devices to change. In /dev/usb I
> only have one device and that is lpo.
> I am at the limit of my knowledge, can anybody help??
> kind regards
> Paul
Happy New Year to all on the list,
Sorry for replying to my own post but I have just solved my scanner problem, I
did a chmod 666 /proc/bus/usb/002/003 and it worked.
Thanks for all help
Paul
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