Dave W wrote: > > This was accidentally posted to the linux1394-users' list. Sorry for the > accidental cross-posting, in case any of you on this list are on the other > as well. > > Ed Hamrick, the Vuescan author, wrote to me and told me the > problem is the Japanese ID of my Epson Perfection 2450 Photo as follows: > > "The problem you're having with SANE not recognizing > the 2450 is that it's using the Japanese product naming > (i.e. GT-XXXX) in the scsi inquiry string. SANE doesn't > recognize this type of inquiry string, although it would be > trivial to add this. > > I added support for this some time ago in VueScan. You > can verify that the 2450 is working by downloading > VueScan from: > > http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html"; > > I already had downloaded it but didn't think to try it. It DOES work, so > if the problem is that the GT-XXXX product naming string is wrong, where > do we correct that? > > On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 12:39:06 -0500 > Douglas Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Some scanners (e.g. HP) use the the SCSI device type "processor" > > rather than "scanner". That is not up problem in itself and > > SANE definitely detects HP SCSI scanners. > > Thank you!
Looks like the backend/epson.desc needs an extra entry for the GT-9700 , for example: :model "GT-9700" :interface "SCSI" Then you will need to rebuild the backend(s). See the SANE documentation ... > > This looks fine. The epson scanner should be /dev/sg2 . > > Could you show me what 'cat /proc/scsi/sg/*' looks like? > > Certainly! > > amd1400:/dev# cat /proc/scsi/sg/* > 0 > dev_max(currently)=8 max_active_device=3 (origin 1) > scsi_dma_free_sectors=192 sg_pool_secs_aval=320 def_reserved_size=32768 > 32768 > host chan id lun type opens qdepth busy online > PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W8432T 1.07 > HITACHI DVD-ROM GD-2500 0101 > EPSON GT-9700 1.03 > 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 > 0 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 1 > 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 > uid busy cpl scatg isa emul > SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices > IEEE-1394 SBP-2 protocol driver > 0 0 5 256 0 1 > 0 0 1 255 0 1 > 30120 Version: 3.1.20 (20010814) > > Does this tell you anything? Yes, everything is fine; scsi host1 is "IEEE-1394 SBP-2 protocol driver" and /dev/sg2 is your Epson GT-9700 "processor". Doug Gilbert
