On Wednesday 20 June 2007 04:38, Johannes Meixner wrote: > Of course there is no need that you write a comprehensive manual > about all parallel port scanners.
Not intended. I just want to make owners of dusty old parallel port scanners aware that hardware can be used under openSUSE with points to SANE web page. I have to get idea what steps will user follow in order to install scanner and give answers what to do. > I like to point out that your current article seems to indicate > that additional software is needed in any case to get a > parallel port scanner working. I got that with your last post. At the time I wrote the draft, I was still focused on my scanner that still fits my needs, but even after manual selection in YaST it didn't worked. > A note that some parallel port scanners don't need additional > software while others do and a hint to read the appropriate > SANE man page (e.g. "man sane-microtek2" for your scanner) > and a link to the SANE project page for the model-specific > details is perfectly sufficient. So that would be the start: 1- try manual selection, 2- if it doesn't work check SANE list of supported scanners 1- explain what to look for in the list (backend name) 2- read manual page > I like to avoid that various users come up with problems how > to compile and use kernel modules because your article may indicate > that they need it in any case. It is still not public (kind of), but I agree on this. > > My scanner was one of those with problem to be recognized, after loading > > ppscsi and onscsi it was found by YaST. > > The YaST scanner setup module does not serach at all for parallel > port scanners. It calls /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/autodetect_scanners > which is basically "sane-find-scanner -q" and this searches only > for USB and SCSI scanners (see "man sane-find-scanner"). > > Your special SCSI modules make your parallel port scanner > appear as a SCSI scanner so that it is then found by YaST > and set up as a SCSI scanner as you described in your article. > > In contrast my parallel port scanner works as native parallel > port scanner. Attempt to use manual setup in YaST didn't worked for this particular model. If it would be USB than I would never see ppscsi and company. Thanks again. I'll make changes tonight, at least to mark my example as special case. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
