Hi again, > > This is apparently a developers mailing list. Ummm...I'm I'm in the > > wrong place, could you kindly point wher I should look? > > You are at the right place. However, I don't know your scanner.
I have the Acer 640BU :) > > T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 > > D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 > > P: Vendor=04a5 ProdID=207e Rev= 1.00 > > S: Manufacturer=Color > > S: Product= FlatbedScanner 13 > > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=100mA > > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none) > > E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl= 0ms > > E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 8 Ivl= 0ms > > E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl= 16ms > > > As you can see, I have a device listed as "Vendor=04a5 ProdID=207e Rev= > > 1.00". I checked and this is indeed the code for my scanner. The > > "Product= FlatbedScanner 13" part is also a clue :-) > > Yes, but it's not detected by the scanner driver: Driver=(none)! Aha! This would appear to pose a problem! So on to my next question: what does a scanner driver look like and how do I go about getting it to recognize my scanner? > Example for a Mustek USB scanner: > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbscanner Is there just one driver for all the USB scanners? > > So far so good. I also checked my /dev directory and found all sorts of > > scanner files (though I don't know exactly what these are used for). > > Specifically, I found : > > > > /dev/usb/scanner0 > > ... > > /dev/usb/scanner15 > > > > I did *NOT* find any /dev/usbscanner or /dev/scanner files. Are these > > necessary? How do I make them? > > Usually these are links. Do NOT create /dev/scanner. If you like, you > can create /dev/usbscanner (or /dev/usb/scanner) by just linking it to > /dev/usb/scanner0. Okay. > Probably you need to tell the scanner module which scanner it should > detect: > > rmmod scanner > modprobe scanner vendor=0x04a5 product=0x207e > scanimage -L Right, I did that, but see above concering my missing driver! Thanks for the pointers, I appreciate the help! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Desmond Rivet [email protected] Programmer Wannabe It is a great art to saunter. -- Henry David Thoreau
