> > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:14:16 +0200 > From: Henning Meier-Geinitz <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [sane-devel] epson 1240u doesnt work with new slack 8.1 > > Hi, > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 08:37:26AM +0200, luk wrote: > > i have just installed successfullt the new slack 8.1. > > The only thing that doesnt work is my scanner epson 1240u which is perfectly > > linux-compatible (and in fact it's been recognized immediately by every > > other distro, including rh, mandrake, suse, libranet ecc). > > With slack, i tried scanning from the command line but all i got was the > > message "scanimage:no SANE device found" which its obviously not true, since > > i did all the homework setting the right USB entries on the kernel compiling > > and even created " mknod /dev/usbscanner c 180 48" but after booting > > successfully the new kernel the result is the same: it doesn't "see" my > > scanner. > > Any help? > > If the kernel doesn't see your scanner, you should tell him, for what > to look :-) Have a look at the output of "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices". > You should find a lines like that: > > T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 > D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 > P: Vendor=055f ProdID=0006 Rev= 1.00 > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=496mA > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbscanner > E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 2 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=1ms > > That's for a Mustek scanner, but Epson should look similar. If there > is a "Driver=(none)", your USB system has detected the scanner, but > ther scanner driver hasn't. In this case note the vendor and device > ids (from line "P:") and try: > > rmmod scanner; modprobe scanner vendor=0x055f product=0x0006 > > Use your ids instead the Mustek ones. Try cat /proc/bus/usb/devices > again. > > Now sane-find-scanner should find your scanner. Ream man sane-epson > and edit epson.conf. > > By the way, the "unable to access minor data" errors can be ignored. > > Bye, > Henning I've tried to do "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices" but all i got was:
"No such files or directory. bah. I am wondering if i have to put this f...ing slackware down the trash since all the other distro i tried recognized the scanner with little or no manual intervention at all.
