When I went to start xsame under Red Hat 7.2, it exited with error message: no devices available. Running gdp on it and removing references to other printers in the configuration file did not help.
I think I know why, but need advice on what to do about it. I have a HP ScanJet IIcx that is run off an Adaptec 39160 SCSI adapter. This adapter has two channels. I have the A channel connected to an ultra160 HD, and the B channel connected to legacy devives, including another HD. I use the external connector for Channel B for my scanner. The SCSI adapter has an unusual external connector, which is a 68-pin VeryHighDensity connector. In order to use it, I purchased a 68 VHD to 50-pin HighDensity coverter to suit my SCSI cable, which terminates in a 50-pin HD connection on the computer end and a SCSI I connector on scanner end. That end is terminated. When I booted, the scanner was recognized, and then when I run cat /proc/scsi/scsi, the scanner is seen correctly. But besides the SANE error message above, I was having trouble accessing some sub-folders on a legacy (Channel B) hard disk. Turns out that I was lucky to have gotten up at all. When I rebooted, all sorts of strange error messages that indicated problems synching Channel B. I found that having the scanner connected did not cause this, but simply the cable. Even a cable going nowhere caused me grief, but the little little converter does not. Apprently I can't connect things up this way. But what to do? Haines Brown
