if you wish to set an environment variable before running a program, you must either export that variable, or you must put it on the same line:
SANE_DEBUG_GENESYS=255 scanimage -L let us see what that produces. allan On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM, <sjnz at freenet.co.nz> wrote: > Hello, > I am a complete newbie using a Dell Latitude laptop. I don't know how to > change preferences etc. > Here is the output I get when going through the online documentation. I > have the correct backend GENESYS installed. > > on:~$ sane-find-scanner > > ?# sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the > ?# result is different from what you expected, first make sure your > ?# scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. > > ?# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure > that > ?# you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. > ?# Also you need support for SCSI Generic (sg) in your operating system. > ?# If using Linux, try "modprobe sg". > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9, product=0x2213, chip=GL841?) at > libusb:004:004 > ?# Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be > supported by > ?# SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. > > ?# Not checking for parallel port scanners. > > ?# Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports > ?# can't be detected by this program. > > ?# You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you > ?# found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as > ?# necessary. > > > on:~$ scanimage -L > > No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, > check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the > sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation > which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). > > > on:~$ SANE_DEBUG_DLL=3 > on:~$ scanimage -L > > No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, > check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the > sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation > which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). > > > on:~$ SANE_DEBUG_GENESYS=255 > on:~$ scanimage -L > > No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, > check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the > sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation > which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). > > > on:~$ SANE_DEBUG_SANEI_SCSI=128 > on:~$ scanimage -L > > No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, > check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the > sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation > which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). > > > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
