>
> Here a link for ya'.
> http://www.mostang.com/sane/
>
> -s
>
>
> On Saturday 26 May 2001 07:10 pm, you wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I recently upgraded my Linux system to Mandrake 8.0 and boy it works
> > like a charm. I went on the web site called www.linux-usb.org and it
> > mentioned that my scanner (UMAS Astra 1220U) was supported with a
> > certain version of Kernel. Well, I have that version, but how do I
> > configure my system to recognize that there is a scanner on my USB
> > port? The site wasn't really helpful, at least it didn't speak in
> > "English" where I could understand it.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated...I am regoing to the web site,
> > maybe it has it clearer (or my head will be) where I can get it. I
> > will post that I got it if that is the case.
> >
> > Please send me the message as a private message. Thanks!
As a staring point ... you need the proper USB support in your kernel
(or as kernel modules) - this includes the "USB scanner" module. Also,
you need to configure SANE (which is the Linux scanner program) to use
the USB port for your UMAX. As an example, I have a Epson 636U (U=USB);
I had to add the line
usb /dev/usb/scanner0
after setting up the device /dev/usb/scanner0. And I can scan fine.
All this info is at the SANE website mentioned above.
