Having followed the mailing list here to gain insight and knowledge to help me get my scanner sailing, [ Both within Mandrake 9.0 and now 9.1 ], I now find I need to seek your help with my Acer (Benq) 640U scanner and hope that this is the place for my particular problem.
I have installed Mandrake9.1 three times so far [ Partitioning experiments ] and each time my scanner is [ and still is ] recognized. Then I went and replaced my second USB2 connected camera with a USB2 hub. I noticed almost immediately that Linux-Mandrake did not prefer to have the "Self" power enabled and worked better without that feature running. I did not change the (First) USB2 connector and left the scanner connected to it directly. However I now have two problems. 1. The scanner light stays on all the time, even after a "Halt" and 2. Xsane [and other programs, eg. OOo1.1rc] can no longer access the scanner..... "Failed to open device 'snapscan:/dev/usb/scanner0'. Invalid argument." Yes, things worked great before, even surviving my many re-installs. As above, I hope this is the right place and regardless, any suggestions are welcome. (Be as childlike as you care to, I do not mind, everything helps me learn.) Regards -- Frank Big or small, any challenge requires the same commitment to resolve.
