Hi Michael, Michael Honeyfield schrieb: > hello all > > I am having huge probs getting this scanner to work with > sane. it works > under windows but thats not were i want it to work. > > I have followed the insructions in the man pages and docs > on the web. I > had a brief look at the previous threads for this list > and didnt find > much that helped me. below is what i hav done so far > > > > $> cat /proc/scsi/scsi > > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00 > Vendor: Model: scanner 636EL Rev: 1.5 > Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > ( i noticed that under vendor there is a blank, i read > that in this case > you need to add the device, /dev/sg0, to the backend > config file is that > right?) > Yes, that's right, at least until SANE-1.0.6.
> $> ./sane-find-scanner > > sane-find-scanner: found scanner "scanner 636EL 1.50" at > device /dev/sg0 > > (looks good to me) Yes, to me also :-) > > $> ./scanimage -L > > No scanners identified......blah blah > > (not so good) exactly. Please try to specify the device: scanimage -d microtek2:/dev/sg0 >out.pnm should theoretically scan to the file out.pnm. Important: what version of SANE you are using? (I don't know what Mandrake uses) I can make more detailed investigations if you send me a logfile (see manpage sane-microtek2 for instructions how to do that). Regards, Karsten > > I have also created a group called scanner and made the > permissions for > the device. lsmod is happy with my scsi modules. I have > also added to > the ld.so.conf file the path for the sane libs. now have > i missed > anything or am i just plan stupid. I cannt figure it out, > i am hoping > that there is some one out there that might have a clue. > Also these are > standard mandrake 8.1 rpms from their dc. > > > Many thanks > > Michael > -- > If linux doesnt have the solution, then you have the > wrong problem. > _______________________________________________ > Sane-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.mostang.com/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > >
