On Saturday 07 Jun 2003 H:16 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 07 Jun 2003 1:06 pm, Marco Verheul wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I couldn't use my flatbed scanner on mdk 9.0 and I still can't on > > 9.1. The scanner is a AGFA SnapScan e50, which is listed by SANE as > > supported. Here is what I did sofar: > > > > From the AGFA CD i copied the firmware to a directory in my home. > > > > As root I opened file /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf and changed line: > > > > #-- General -- > > > > # Change to the fully qualified filename of your firmware file, if > > # firmware upload is needed by the scanner > > firmware /home/marco/drivers/Snape50.bin > > > > I left file /etc/sane.d/dll.conf untouched > > > > Then I opened Mandrake Control Center -> HardDrake where my scanner > > is listed in the hardware list as SnapScan e50 on port > > /dev/usb/scanner0 > > > > Run config tool -> it does not find ant configured scanner, so I > > do: - Add a scanner manually > > - Choose my scanner from the list > > - Choose /dev/usb/scanner0 as "Device" > > - Press "OK" > > > > I get a dialog "Congratulations! Your AGFA Gevaert NV SnapScan e50 > > has been configured. You may now scan documents using Xsane ... " > > > > Quit Scannerdrake. > > > > Now, for my curiousity, I go to Scannerdrake directly and not via > > tha hardwarelist. It doesn't find any configured scanners(?!) > > > > Well, I startup Xsane anyway and I get a welcom screen where I can > > choose the following available devices: > > > > -AGFA SNAPSCAN flatbedscanner [snapscan:/dev/usb/scanner0] > > -AGFA SNAPSCAN flatbedscanner > > [net:localhost:snapscan:/dev/usb/scanner0] > > > > I pick the first one and press OK. Now the welcom screen freezes > > and disappears after 4 minutes. (Second pick has same result) > > > > Result: still no configured scanner.... > > > > I'm lost here, any suggestions anybody? Thanks. > > > > Marco > > Sounds like a conflict to me. I think you have installed two drivers > - one from the Agfa disk and one from the Mandrake install. If it > were me, I would try getting rid of the stuff from the Agfa disk, > then go back to Hardware List and run the config tool again. See if > XSane runs it then. > > Anne Referring to http://snapscan.sourceforge.net/, you may or may not need the edit /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf in respect of the firmware, but if you do you have edited it correctly. Next do cat /proc/bus/usb/devices and you should get something like this :- T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 3 B: Alloc= 17/900 us ( 2%), #Int= 1, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00 S: Product=USB OHCI Root Hub S: SerialNumber=d8934000 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=06bd ProdID=2097 Rev= 1.00 S: Manufacturer=AGFA S: Product=SNAPSCAN C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=usbscanner E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 8 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=16ms T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 3 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
make sure the lines P - I above are similar to yours, if they are not http://snapscan.sourceforge.net/ tells you what you need to do. http://www.poogle.co.uk
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