[sane-devel] Backend drive of CanoScan 4200F

2006-06-03 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, I'm interested to purchase a Canon scanner, model CanoScan 4200F, with following spec.; http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelTechSpecsAct&fcategoryid=120&modelid=10445 This model is unsupported by SANE; http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=canon&model=cano

[sane-devel] About Backend driver for Canon/HP USB scanner

2006-05-15 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, FedoraCore5 64 bit I'm considering to purchase either USB CanoScan 4200F (preferrable) or USB HP Scanjet 4370. But they are unsupported on SANE. [url]http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-CANON[/url] [url]http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-HEWLETT-PACKARD[/url] I hav

[sane-devel] Fail to detect the SCSI card (Problem solved)

2004-11-23 Thread Stephen Liu
wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:38:19 +0800 (CST) > Stephen Liu wrote: > > > Hi Klaus, > > > > FedoraCore2 > > === > > > > Tks for your advice. > > > > --- Klaus Dahlke wrote: > > > > > you need to configure the

[sane-devel] Fail to detect the SCSI card

2004-11-22 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Klaus, FedoraCore2 === Tks for your advice. --- Klaus Dahlke wrote: > you need to configure the kernel or at least the > module to get build. # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.9-1.3_FC2 (bhcomp...@porky.build.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)) #1

[sane-devel] Fail to detect the SCSI card

2004-11-22 Thread Stephen Liu
Any advice? TIA B.R. Stephen --- Klaus Dahlke wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:18:29 +0800 (CST) > Stephen Liu wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > I have been trying hours failing to make following > > scanner to work again. Previously It worked on > RedHat >

[sane-devel] Fail to detect the SCSI card

2004-11-22 Thread Stephen Liu
ecting 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). [snapscan] sane_snapscan_exit Please advise whether I have missed some points TIA B.R. Stephen Liu

[sane-devel] How to start SANE and setup scanner

2004-11-21 Thread Stephen Liu
could not remember how to do it again. Please shed me some light where to start. How to check whether the ISA SCSI controller detected? Permissions set correctly Thanks in advance. B.Regards Stephen Meier-Geinitz wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 07:55:10PM +0800, Step

[sane-devel] How to start SANE and setup scanner

2004-11-20 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, FC2 Snap Scan 310 connected via SCSI card Following packages already installed on the box; $ rpm -qa | grep sane xsane-gimp-0.92-10 sane-backends-devel-1.0.13-7 sane-backends-1.0.13-7 xsane-0.92-10 sane-frontends-1.0.11-4 $ which sane /usr/bin/which: no sane in (/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/

[sane-devel] Linux software for scanning, text/graphic functions

2004-11-08 Thread Stephen Liu
for M$Windows Are there similar software from Open Source running on Linux. Gimp can do the job but it is a heavy tool not for this simple task. Kindly advise. TIA I have been informed of kooka being close http://www.kde.org/apps/kooka/index.php Any comment? B.R. Stephen Liu

[sane-devel] OT: Equivalent software to PaperPort etc. for Win

2004-01-26 Thread Stephen Liu
. But the operation would not be so simple and handy. Any advice??? TIA B.R. Stephen Liu

[sane-devel] Re: Upgrade question

2003-03-20 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Thomas, My scanner works now after having installed following packages # rpm -ivh /home/satimis/Download/Sane/RH7.3/libkscan-3.0.0-5.i386.rpm # rpm -ivh /home/satimis/Download/Sane/RH7.3/libkscan-devel-3.0.0-5.i386.rpm # rpm -ivh /home/satimis/Download/Sane/RH7.3/kooka-3.0.0-5.i386.rpm # rpm -

[sane-devel] Re: Upgrade question

2003-03-20 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Thomas, T. Ribbrock wrote: > - snip - >>There are conflicts. > > Where on earth did you get that sane-1.0.3 RPM from? It was not among > the ones you listed as downloaded in your original mail! So, why are > you installing it? As I mentioned in my earlier mails, "sane-1.0.3" is > an *older*

[sane-devel] Re: Upgrade question

2003-03-20 Thread Stephen Liu
ve not had RH7.3 CDs in hand. I shall download them from ftp:redhat.com Can I use their latest version instead) Kindly advise. Thanks in advance. B.Regards Stephen T. Ribbrock wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 09:51:11AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > >>>- Remove the "kn

[sane-devel] Re: Upgrade question

2003-03-19 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Thomas, T. Ribbrock wrote: > - snip - > Did you by any chance upgrade this system from RHL7.1? 'cause RHL7.1 > came with sane-1.0.3... Sorry, I could not recall exactly. I have used this PC for some times > - Remove the "known" old sane related packages: > > rpm -e sane-backends sa

[sane-devel] Re: Upgrade question

2003-03-19 Thread Stephen Liu
r commands I can test to find out where/how comes sane-1.0.3 TIA B.Regards Stephen T. Ribbrock wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:27:02PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > [...] > >>as USER >> >>$ su - >>Password: >># rpm -Uvh --test /

[sane-devel] Upgrade question

2003-03-18 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Frank, Thanks for your advice. Frank wrote: > - snip - > " Now I have following packages downloaded from ftp.redhat.com > " > " sane-backends-1.0.11-1.i586.rpm > " sane-backends-devel-1.0.11-1.i586.rpm > " sane-frontends-1.0.10-1.i586.rpm > " xsane-0.90-1.i586.rpm > " xsane-gimp-0.90-1.i586.

[sane-devel] Upgrade question

2003-03-18 Thread Stephen Liu
-1.0.11-1.i586.rpm sane-backends-devel-1.0.11-1.i586.rpm sane-frontends-1.0.10-1.i586.rpm xsane-0.90-1.i586.rpm xsane-gimp-0.90-1.i586.rpm Kindly advise whether I can upgrade and run those packages (.i586.rpm) in my system Thanks in advance. B.Regards Stephen Liu

[sane-devel] How to combine scanned images together and printthem as a file

2003-03-10 Thread Stephen Liu
s and related tools pnmtops is not running on my system. However I could not find following packageslibgr-2.0.13-20 libgr-devel-2.0.13-20 libgr-progs-2.0.13-20 from http://linux.s390.org/download/rpm2html/LByName.html Can any folks on the list shed me some light B.Regards Stephen Liu

[sane-devel] Shotcut to detect IRQ

2003-03-10 Thread Stephen Liu
arted automtically and I carried out scanning immediately without problem, no further commands being required to make it works Lot of thanks for your assistance and time spent B.Regards Stephen Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sun March 9 2003 10:12, Stephen Liu wrote: > >>Hi He

[sane-devel] How to combine scanned images together and printthem as a file

2003-03-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Abel, Thanks for your advice. abel deuring wrote: > - snip - > > I think that there is no free software based out-of-the-box solution > available. But you can combine a number of useful free software > packages > to get the job done: Sane for image aquisition; and tools like > ImageMagi

[sane-devel] Shotcut to detect IRQ

2003-03-09 Thread Stephen Liu
-Geinitz wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 08:03:42PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > >># ls /etc/init.d >>anacron functions kdcrotate nfs rawdevices sshd ypbind >>apmd gpmkeytable nfslock rhnsd syslog yppasswdd >>

[sane-devel] Shotcut to detect IRQ

2003-03-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > - snip - > > I have no idea about PAM. OK. I will try later to see what will happen. If it can't work I will reinstate the original file. >>Hereinbelow is the content of /etc/modules.conf > No. "options aha152x aha152x=0x140,9,7,0". See man modules.conf

[sane-devel] Shotcut to detect IRQ

2003-03-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Henning, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > - snip - > > That's done by your distribution. I guess it's done with PAM. Check > your distribution's manuals for this keyword. > > I'm pretty sure you can change the setup so everytime you login you > /dev/sg1 gets the right permissions. (referring

[sane-devel] How to combine scanned images together and print them as a file

2003-03-05 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Henning, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: - snip - > > That works with convert like I described. If it complains about the > images, they are most probably corrupt. Maybe an xsane/backend problem. Yes, "convert" is a powerful tool. I made several test scannings but I could get rid of the mistak

[sane-devel] How to combine scanned images together and print them as a file

2003-03-04 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Alex, Alex Belits wrote: > - snip - > Gimp can do all of that (manually or with its scripting), but I just > mean, it is far superior to xv by the range of options and drivers > available. I am not very knowledgeable on Gimp but I am experienced on PhotoShop. I think they are more less t

[sane-devel] How to combine scanned images together and print them as a file

2003-03-04 Thread Stephen Liu
rm to do all job. One more important job is data searching on the scanned images. On PaperPort (a Windows application). You can create a database bank on all scanned images kept on its platform and do data searching. Is there similar application on Linux. B.Regards Stephen Liu

[sane-devel] How to combine scanned images together and print them as a file

2003-03-04 Thread Stephen Liu
same feature as those Windows application as mentioned before Thanks in advance. B.Regards Stephen Liu Ulrich Deiters wrote: > For a large number of pictures one might consider writing a script > using tools of the PBMPLUS package: > - use djpeg to convert JPEG to PNM format, >

[sane-devel] Shotcut to detect IRQ

2003-03-03 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi On Monday 03 March 2003 06:29 pm, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: - snip - > > as USER > > # ls -l /dev/sg1 > > crw---1 satimis root 21, 1 Apr 11 2002 /dev/sg1 > > This is after you log in to KDE? Then it's because your distribution > tries to be oberly clever (as explained in my

[sane-devel] How to combine scanned images together and print them as a file

2003-03-03 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Henning, On Monday 03 March 2003 05:22 pm, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > -snip - > Which version of xsane? Which version of sane-backends? $ rpm -qa|grep sane sane-backends-1.0.7-6 sane-frontends-1.0.7-2 xsane-0.84-2 sane-backends-devel-1.0.7-6 - snip - New discovery. Scanning new images b

[sane-devel] Shotcut to detect IRQ

2003-03-03 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Theodore, Thanks for your response. Theodore Kilgore wrote: > > It is relevant here whether one is using devfs or not. If one is using > devfs, then the devices /dev/sg* do not exist, unless and until the sg > module gets loaded. In any event, if these files are created when the > machine

[sane-devel] How to combine scanned images together and print them as a file

2003-03-03 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > - snip _ > Probably there are gui tools for that but I never used them. > > Here is a command line solution: > > convert image1.jpg image2.jpg [...] book.pdf I performed following tests as 'user' in the directory /home/satimis/ where the .jpg files are kept lin

[sane-devel] How to combine scanned images together and print them as a file

2003-03-02 Thread Stephen Liu
print the file in .pdf format. That is all. Kindly advise how to make it on Linux environment. Thanks in advance. Stephen Liu

[sane-devel] Shotcut to detect IRQ

2003-03-02 Thread Stephen Liu
rport_lowlevel parport_pc alias eth0 8139too alias eth1 8139too alias sound-slot-0 ymfpci post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : alias usb-controller usb-uhci /sbin/insmod aha152x aha152x=0x140,9,7,0 Xsane could not be started because scanner not detected. B.R. Stephen Liu

[sane-devel] Shotcut to detect IRQ

2003-03-02 Thread Stephen Liu
be possible to create a batch file or find some other ways to carry out such job. If YES, the how? TIA B.Regards Stephen Liu

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane (PROBLEM SOLVED!!!)

2003-03-01 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Henning Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: - snip - > The snapscan backend looks for "/dev/sg0" not "/dev/sg1" or > "/dev/scanner" for some reason. Check snapscan.conf (somewhere in > /etc/sane.d/ or /usr/local/etc/sane.d/) and change /dev/sg0 to /dev/sg1. /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf Changed /dev/s

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane (problem half solved)

2003-03-01 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Henning, KDE desktop === Further to my late posting as at foot of this email. New discovery, quite strange; 1) login as 'user' # chmod -c 777 /dev/sg1 mode of `/dev/sg1' changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) I am allowed to change the permission even without issuing the command # su # pas

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane (problem half solved)

2003-03-01 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Frank, Thanks for your advice. Frank wrote: > On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 06:10, Stephen Liu wrote: > > - snip - > > > In the following section I was sure to include exactly what sane-find-scanner > returned. In your case might

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane (problem half solved)

2003-03-01 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Henning, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > - snip - The scanner has been turned before booting PC # sane-find-scanner # Note that sane-find-scanner will find any scanner that is connected # to a SCSI bus and some scanners that are connected to the Universal # Serial Bus (USB) depending on you

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane (problem half solved)

2003-03-01 Thread Stephen Liu
tz wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 08:45:54PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > >># cat /proc/scsi/scsi >>Attached devices: >>Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 >> Vendor: SONY Model: CD-RW CRX160E Rev: 1.0e >> Type: CD-ROM

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane (problem half solved)

2003-02-28 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Henning, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > - snip - > Does sane-find-scanner find your scanner? Does it find it if you run > as user? If it only works as root, you must set up permissions for the > SCSI devices. See man sane-scsi and search for "permission". I hesitate to proceed as "root" becaus

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane (problem half solved)

2003-02-28 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks Lot of thanks for your advice. Thanks to Holger for the link which is the same as on my 1st posting. My problem is now half solved. The trick is I have to disable the Plug and Play driver on the ISA SCSI card by following the steps described on the aforesaid link su password # /sb

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-28 Thread Stephen Liu
ame result. B.Regards Stephen Liu Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:19:18AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > >># /sbin/insmod aha152x=0x140,10 >>Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/abi/cxenix/abi-cxenix.o/aha152x=0x140,10 >>insmod: >>

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-28 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Oliver, Please see my reply to Henning. B.Regards Stephen Oliver Schwartz wrote: >>I tried several combinations but it said 'aha152x' already exists >>there > > > You need to run "rmmod aha152x" before running insmod again. > > The syntax (according to the source code of aha152x) is > >

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-28 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Holger, Please see my reply to Henning B.Regards Stephen Holger Drefs wrote: > Hello Stephen, > > What does lsmod show now? > What does cat /proc/scsi/scsi show now? > > Thursday, February 27, 2003, 5:57:22 PM, you wrote: > SL> I tried several combinations but it said 'aha152x' already exi

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-28 Thread Stephen Liu
-Geinitz wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 12:57:22AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > >>I tried several combinations but it said 'aha152x' already exists there >> >>[root@server /]# /sbin/insmod aha152x aha152x=0x140,10 >>Using /lib/modules/2.4.

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-28 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Henning, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > - snip - > Please read the webpage again. There is no "140h". It's "0x140". And > there is no space after the comma. Now try: > insmod aha152x aha152x=0x140,9 I tried several combinations but it said 'aha152x' already exists there [root@server /]# /

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-27 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Henning, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > - snip - > See "Telling the computer about SCSI" on the web page you quoted in > your first article. su password cd / [root@server /]# locate aha152x /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-3/drivers/scsi/README.aha152x /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-3/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c /

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-27 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Holger, Holger Drefs wrote: > - snip - > I think you are right! Try to find out what type of scsi-card you have > installed. May be Win helps you with some information from device > manager, more or less the scsi chip is the decisive information you > should get. Following information obtain

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-27 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Henning, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: - snip - >>I think the ISA SCSI card is not detected. > > Yes. So what did you do to load the driver and what happened? It's > explained in detail in the HTML page you referred to in your first post. > (Telling the computer about SCSI). > > You have th

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-27 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Henning, Further to my late posting. Sorry for mis-typing your name B.Regards Stephen Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 06:38:59PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > >>>Yes but there should be the scanner as well! This is the machine where >&

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-27 Thread Stephen Liu
eb 26 10:20:05 server kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Feb 26 10:20:05 server kernel: Vendor: SONY Model: CD-RW CRX160E Rev: 1.0e Feb 26 10:20:05 server kernel: Type: CD-ROM I think the ISA SCSI card is not detected. B.Regards Stephen Liu

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-27 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Holger, Holger Drefs wrote: > can you pls tell your general setup. > > Is that like: > linux-machine > with scsi-card attached 1 cd-rom, 1 scanner > Xsane running on this machine? Standalone PC OS RH7.3 Xsane installed as standard installation (I have no idea to run its setup) IDE Writer

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-26 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Holger, Thanks for your response. Holger Drefs wrote: - snip - > Yes but there should be the scanner as well! This is the machine where > the scanner is attached or? Have you got /dev/sg0 .. sg7? $ su Password: # locate sg0 /dev/sg0 /home/satimis/Mail/trash/cur/1046100409.1798.sg0n:2,S # lo

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-26 Thread Stephen Liu
looking around its website either. Can any folk on the list help B.Regards Stephen Liu

[sane-devel] Problem in setting up Xsane

2003-02-26 Thread Stephen Liu
ion it requires to make jumper setting on the SCSI card but my SCSI card coming with the scanner does not have jumpers. Any folks on the list have experience? Kindly advise. Thanks in advance. B.Regards Stephen Liu