The CD-R shows up as SCSI device because the CD burning software can=20 only work with SCSI devices. You are using the ide2scsi pseudo SCSI adapter=20=
for this. As you can see, it does not see the scanner. THis means that it's=20= not a Sane problem, but a problem with the SCSI system (cabling, driver,=20 adapter, termination...). Did you configure your SCSI controller? On Feb 29, 2004, at 8:04 AM, Paul Frisson wrote: > No file neither directory names /dev/scanner (but there are=20 > /dev/scanner0 and > scanner1 ... in /dev/usb) > > The cat /proc/scsi/scsi command provided the answer : > > Attached devices: > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 > Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-R PX-W1210A Rev: 1.10 > Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > > Strange enough because there is no other scsi device on my PC than the=20= > scanner > (SCSI ID =3D 6), the plextor writer exists but is IDE. > > I disabled all the lines in dll.conf but I still am unable to scan,=20 > even as > root, the same and everlasting "no device avalilable" when I start=20 > sane or > Xsane. > > I don't know if this is important but anytime I start Xsane, he asks=20= > me for > agreement on licence before checking, as far as I remember, this=20 > question > used to appear only the first time sane was launched, so is it=20 > possible that > he fails to find/make his configuration file ? > > Le Dimanche 29 F=E9vrier 2004 12:53, Karl Heinz Kremer a =E9crit : >> If you have a file named /dev/scanner, please remove it. >> Do you have any other SCSI devices? Please run this command with your >> scanner >> attached and turned on: >> cat /proc/scsi/scsi >> >> Edit the file dll.conf and disable all other entries but the one for >> the scanners >> you have (in a first step, you could disable everything but the line >> containing >> "epson". Does this make a difference? > > > > Le Dimanche 29 F=E9vrier 2004 12:53, Karl Heinz Kremer a =E9crit : >> If you have a file named /dev/scanner, please remove it. >> Do you have any other SCSI devices? Please run this command with your >> scanner >> attached and turned on: >> cat /proc/scsi/scsi >> >> Edit the file dll.conf and disable all other entries but the one for >> the scanners >> you have (in a first step, you could disable everything but the line >> containing >> "epson". Does this make a difference? > > > --=20 > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org