Laura Conrad wrote:
>
> I have a UMAX Astra 1200S scanner, which I was using with no problems
> under Mandrake 8.0. I don't remember having to do anything painful to
> configure it.
>
> I had to reinstall to get to 8.1. The scanner is clearly known to the
> bus (listed in /proc/scsi/scsi, and in HardDrake), but
> xsane-find-scanner doesn't find it, and HardDrake says:
>
> Device: Unknown
>
> The other devices on the SCSI bus are detected fine. I haven't
> changed any SCSI ID's since things were working.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about how I can use my scanner?
sane-find-scanner (no "x") here gives:
# sane-find-scanner
# Note that sane-find-scanner will find any scanner that is connected
# to a SCSI bus. It will even find scanners that are not supported
# at all by SANE. It won't find a scanner that is connected to a
# parallel, USB or other non-SCSI port.
sane-find-scanner: found scanner "UMAX Astra 2400S V1.4" at device /dev/scanner
sane-find-scanner: found scanner "UMAX Astra 2400S V1.4" at device /dev/sg5
but... I too had problems initially, and all I seem to recall doing is making
the symlinks and permissions which now read:
# ll /dev/scanner /dev/sg5
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8 Oct 22 07:19 /dev/scanner -> /dev/sg5
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 36 Oct 22 07:15 /dev/sg5 ->
scsi/host0/bus0/target5/lun0/generic
# ll /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target5/lun0/generic
crw-rw---- 1 pfortin root 21, 5 Dec 31 1969
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target5/lun0/generic
^^^^^^^
Adjust your sg# and host#/bus#/target#/lun# to wherever your scanner is at...
HTH,
Pierre
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