Quoting Benjamin Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am starting with usb, and I want my snapscan 1212u scanner to work > When I use the following commands I get the following answers:
> #cat /proc/bus/usb/drivers > usbdevfs > hub > > I suppose that my device is detected because of the Snapscan thing: > but when I try to start sane or xsane it tells me that the device > /dev/usbscanner cannot be found. > It also tells me this when i try to load the firmware (What is it?) I have the scanner. My scanner does not need firmware upload. If yours does then there are some scripts to do it, I never needed (or could) to try them. You need to load scanner driver. Then you will see that the scanner driver picked up your device (in /proc/bus/usb/devices), and in the log you will see some messages about that. Then you need to do something much more complex - to configure SANE backend. Whenever I connect my scanner to a different Linux box I have the same problem again and again - "how did I do it last time???" ;-) But the scanner works great, and it is the only setup that I can use to scan page after page after page and then make one neat .ps or .pdf file. In Windows the scanner software insists on manual tinkering with every page! > PS Notice that I am using Redhat 7.2 and usb is already working because I use > an usb modem to connect to the internet Yes, RH 7.2 is exactly what I have. I should have everything configured on my notebook, so if you are in trouble with SANE then I can look for configuration files. I clearly remember that I didn't need to download SANE, I just used what came on RH 7.2 CDs, and it worked OK. But first you need to load the scanner.o driver and try to configure snapscan backend. Comment out every other backend, and read the man page about snapscan. There should be only one line, IIRC. Also note that the command line for scanimage is somewhat unusual (in terms of device name), but I don't remember that either - I have scripts to handle everything, and they should be accessible as well. Dmitri -- I've discovered that using VMS is a lot like driving a nail with your head: sure, you eventually get something practical done, but it usually results in a headache and some blood loss. (submitted by Sean A. Simpson)
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