Hi Henning and all, > Hi, >
> Well, the version must be 0.1.6 or newer. As far as I know that > version number is not the same as the (libtool?) number of the library > (*-so.a.b.c). My libusb looks like this: /usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4.3.0 > So does mine (since downloading it). >> I don't have the .usb file and am not sure where I can get it from as >> the scanner came without software (I bought it from eBay :( ). > > You'll nee the firmware for scanning. Detection will work without it. > Thanks for this. I also downloaded one from another site. Neither made a difference. >> sane-find-scanner -q provides no output at all. > > Possible reason: if SANE is linked to libusb there are some other > possible reasons: How can I check that it is? > - permissions (does it work as root)? No > - USB drivers are loaded (at least the host controller driver)? All the following are loaded usbserial 18492 0 (autoclean) (unused) usb-uhci 21612 0 (unused) usbcore 56768 1 [scanner usbserial snd usb-uhci] > - /proc and /proc/bus/usb is mounted? Both are loaded > - /proc/bus/usb/devices should show your device > Yes it does...as follows. T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00 S: Product=USB UHCI Root Hub S: SerialNumber=ece0 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= 8 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=05d8 ProdID=4002 Rev= 1.00 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=496mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none) E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks for your support. Jim
