Hi David,
So there is nothing on the CD that finishes with
.bin???
Odd..
Are you, as a user, part of the 'scanner' group? I
think I had to add myself to this too?
One thing to try is see if you can use the scanner
as root (I'm not sure if you should do this whilst
logged in as root, or merely execute
sudo -s -H
then enter your password and then execute 'xsane'
Try both.
If it works as root then you need to be part of
the scanner group (someone will correct my
terminology :))
It it doesn't work, then you may need to find the
.bin file.
You could try the afga site or www.drivers.com -
this can be a very useful site at times.
Let me know. If I can't help you with this,
someone far more knowledgeable in the group will
be able to.
Regards,
Patrick
david wrote:
On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 15:50 +1000, elliott-brennan wrote:
Hi David,
Do you need the firmware in a directory with the
snapscan.conf file showing directions to it?
I have a clone of an Agfa and had to put the
firmware file in a directory:
/usr/local/share/sane/snapscan/firmware.bin
Then modified the snapscan.conf file to show where
it was, then give permission to myself for that
directory.
For example, snapscan.conf has the following line
firmware /usr/local/share/sane/snapscan/firmware.bin
I noticed all this in the docs, but it seemed to indicate that my
version of the 1212u didn't require a firmware file.
Where do I get this file from? I can't find anything on google about it,
and it's not included on my original Agfa CD (as one site suggested it
should be).
I've commented out the firmware line, and commented in the device line,
but nothing changes.
I put my firmware file in the said directory
(actually had to create /sane and /snapscan
Then I modified the line below (which is slightly
different to yours) to show:
firmware /usr/local/lib/sane/firmware/u96v121.bin
Then I had to change owner of the directory
/snapscan and contents to me, then ran xsane and
all was right with the world :)
If you need a hand, get back to me. This was
probably the first SLUG 'assistance required'
request I made about 2 years ago - happy to help
someone with the little I do know.
(Sorry for the truncated response - trying to stop
my youngest from... well, anything he's up to :))
Regards,
Patrick
Reference:
http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-snapscan.5.html
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Ubuntu Breezy
Xsane 0.97
sane 1.0.15
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ scanimage -L
device `snapscan:libusb:001:011' is a AGFA SNAPSCAN 1212U flatbed
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ scanimage -d test -T
<all tests PASS>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ scanimage -d snapscan:libusb:001:011 -T scanimage:
sane_start: Error during device I/O
The scanner makes noises and lights up.. but that's all.
There isn't a /dev/usb/scanner0 as I would have expected - does that
matter? Somewhere in the docs i noticed mention of /dev/sga but that
isn't there either.
If any could point me at some clues I would appreciate it.
Thanks....
David.
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