Problem Solved! I had an extra port line in the umax_pp.conf file. I just deleted the port /dev/usb/scanner0 line at the end of the conf file.
Thanks stef for your help, you really pointed me in the right direction. stef wrote: >On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 12:16:32AM -0400, Chase James [Roboticon Systems] >wrote: > > >>I'm having trouble in Mandrake 9.2 with my Umax Astra 1220p. The >>scanner clicks on and makes normal noise when I click the >>"Aquire->Xsane: Device Dialog..." option in Gimp, but a dialog pops up >>with the error "Failed to open device `umax_pp:/dev/parport0': Error >>during device I/O." I did a chmod 777 on /dev/parport0, but that didn't >>help. Any ideas? >> >>Thanks, >>Chase >> >> >> > > The first noises you heard are scanner probing. If head parks >normalyy before trying the Acquire menu, we can think that the parallel >port is correctly set up. > > The only way to really know what's going on is to set the debug >level to the max and log messages to a file. From command line do: > >export SANE_DEBUG_UMAX_PP_LOW=255 >gimp 2>debug.log > > Then send the log file (compressed since it is big), so that I >can have a look at what's going on. > >Regards, > Stef > > > -- - Roboticon Systems Web Design|Computer Systems|Repair www.roboticon.com [email protected] aim:roboticonhelp
