On 7/31/06, Oliver Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have noticed that, if I run xsane, then after a few minutes of > > inactivity the scanner lamp is turned off (by the firmware, I > > assume). However, if I don't run xsane first, the lamp stays on > > indefinitely. > > You didn't specify which backend you're using. As far as the snapscan > backend is concerned, there's no explicit command sent to turn off > the lamp. I can only assume that the scanner firmware turns off the > lamp by itself. When powered up the scanner only runs a very limited > firmware. The real firmware is downloaded once the backend is > initialized (e.g. by starting xsane).
I'm using snapscan; sorry for not being more specific. I thought it was the only backend that supported this scanner. > If you put "scanimage --help > /dev/null" into some hotplug or resmgr > script it should also initiate a firmware download. That's great; I'll give it a shot. Thanks for your help. -- Miguel Bazdresch
