hi, i did as u told me to, put the prodid and vendid in scanner.h compiled the scanner support as module. and loaded the module manually as insmod ./scanner.o vendor=0x0461 product=0x0347
following is the message in /proc/bus/usb/devices T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 4 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0461 ProdID=0347 Rev= 0.04 S: Manufacturer=Primax S: Product=USB Scanner C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 48mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=10(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=usbscanner E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl= 0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl= 0ms Driver=usbscanner indicates that the driver has claimed the device. but if i run xsane it still says no device found the output of lsmod is Module Size Used by scanner 8176 0 what else do i have to do to get scanner work thanks for helping buddy bhaskar --- Dmitri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting bhaskar karambelkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > my scanner is microtek 3360 > > but linux recognises it as a Primax scanner. > > and i verified the vendorid,prodid of > > primax scanner, and they match what linux > > recognises. > > Then it *is* Primax scanner :-) Microtek probably > just manufactures the > Primax-designed device, or just sells it under its > brand name. Microtek > doesn't have to develop everything that they sell. > > > so should i try to use primax drivers , or add > > the vendor-id,prodid in scanner.h ? > > i haven't yet found drivers for primax scanner , > > there are some parallel port drivers but not usb > > drivers. > > Add vendor/product IDs to the scanner module and see > what happens. If this > device is like most other scanners then it should > work. > > > as to camera, well i got some luck in that > > i could get it to work with a non v4l driver, > > but thats not much help bcause no v4l appl. like > > xawtv, kwintv etc can use it. > > and as to the v4l driver > > i managed to compile and load successfully the v4l > > driver for quickcam ex. from sf.net. > > it also claims the camera correctly and recognises > > the sensor chip etc. > > but when ever i run any v4l appl, like xawtv or > > kwintv etc..linuix hangs. and it actully HANGS, > > cant even work with Alt+SysRq key combinations, > > as a result i have crashed linux for abt 7 times > > now, i am am afraid i might damage the hard disk > > or something. > > You have to bug authors of the driver about that. > Sorry, can't help > here. The camera driver obviously needs some work... > > Dmitri > > -- > To err is human, to forgive divine. > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature ===== best regards bhaskar __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
