"Karl O. Pinc" wrote: > > > > > [root@mofo xsane]# ( export SANEI_DEBUG_SANEI_SCSI=255; export > > > SANE_DEBUG_HP=255; scanimage -d hp:/dev/sg3 | xloadimage stdin ) > > > > SANE_DEBUG_SANEI_SCSI=255, not SANEI_DEBUG. But the HP one is correct. > > So, now this hangs the box. It looks like the modem still works but X > is > hung along with the keyboard and mouse. I get 1 character from the > keyboard > when on a virtual console and then nothing after that. > > I'm inclined to let it lie at this point and just declare my scanner > broken > because I don't have more time to mess with it. Maybe upgrading all > the > software to a newer disto release with fix things. (Later.)
Yes, there is something seriously broken, but I don't believe that it is the scanner. If your Linux box hangs in such a way, this looks more like a hardware problem (bad RAM for example) or a kernel bug. But a broken SCSI scanner should not be able to lock up your box, Abel