Hi Mark, If you plug in a USB scanner, you should have device detected in HAL tree like following:
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_0_0/pci108e_534a_2_1/hub_7/device_2_0' usb_device.level_number = 1 (0x1) (int) usb_device.is_self_powered = false (bool) usb_device.can_wake_up = true (bool) usb_device.num_interfaces = 1 (0x1) (int) usb_device.max_power = 250 (0xfa) (int) usb_device.configuration_value = 1 (0x1) (int) usb_device.device_protocol = 255 (0xff) (int) usb_device.device_subclass = 255 (0xff) (int) usb_device.device_class = 255 (0xff) (int) usb_device.port_number = 2 (0x2) (int) usb_device.speed = 480 (double) usb_device.version = 2 (double) usb_device.bus_number = 3 (0x3) (int) usb_device.num_configurations = 1 (0x1) (int) usb_device.device_revision_bcd = 774 (0x306) (int) usb_device.product_id = 8732 (0x221c) (int) usb_device.vendor_id = 1193 (0x4a9) (int) usb_device.vendor = 'Canon' (string) usb_device.product = 'CanoScan' (string) info.subsystem = 'usb_device' (string) info.claimed.service = 'gnome-volume-manager' (string) info.claimed = true (bool) info.solaris.driver = 'usb_mid' (string) solaris.devfs_path = '/pci at 0,0/pci108e,534a at 2,1/hub at 7/device at 2' (string) info.product = 'CanoScan' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_0_0/pci108e_534a_2_1/hub_7/device_2_0' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_0_0/pci108e_534a_2_1/hub_7_0' (string) Then xsane should work. My scanner is CanonScan LiDE 60, which was bought about two years ago. I do not have a supported list by now. Maybe driver-discuss is best place to ask. Thanks, Halton. On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 17:06 -0800, Mark F Villa wrote: > I'm a running Nevada build (nv_101), and drilling down from the 'Start' > button there is a menu item for 'xsane'. It brings up 'xsane', the scanner > front end, and (correctly) exits because I have no scanning devices. > Not surprising, since no image scanning (not bar code scanning) devices appear > in the HCL. > > Does anyone have a recent scanner that works with recent versions > of OpenSolaris? I would like to walk into an office supply store, buy a > scanner > and hook it up to OpenSolaris. Is this actually possible? I'm willing to do > some bit fiddling to get it going, but the hardware must be current (USB). > > Thanks for any suggestions!
