At 10:31 PM 1/12/02 -0500, Andre Dubuc wrote: > >I hope I can help: I have an Epson 1240U, and had similar problems with LM >8.0 (I haven't upgraded yet.) > >First place to check: cat /proc/bus/usb/devices >For my machine the vendor # is 0x04b8 and the Product # is 0x010b (it'll be >different for your 1650U) > >once you've found the Product # you can modprobe: > >modprobe scanner vendor=0x04b8 product=0x0--- > >create the device file in /dev: > >mknod /dev/usbscanner0 c 180 48 >chmod 666 /dev/usbscanner0 > >then edit your /etc/sane.d or /usr/local/etc/sane.d: > >usb /dev/usbscanner0 > > >Hope this helps: it got my scanner up and running in LM 8.0. I can't vouch >what will happen in LM 8.1 because I've never seen the file system.
Thanks, Andre. That was what I needed. I am now up and scanning. Thanks again. andy
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