On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 11:54:59AM +0200, abel deuring wrote: > If possible, try different cables and another SCSI adapter, or > connect another SCSI device to the Acard adapter to get a better > idea, where the error might come from.
I took the scanner, SCSI-2 cable, and acard SCSI host adapter and plugged them into my roomate's windows computer, installed the appropriate drivers, rebooted a few times, suffered through windows' occult complaints but eventually got the device functioning. Next I tried it on his FC4 system (same hardware, different OS) which, upon loading the appropriate kernel modules segfaulted the kernel and froze the machine. Sometimes I am able to get the kernel modules loaded on my machine before the atp870u driver complains. At this point sane-find-scanner detects the scanner found SCSI processor "HP C2520A 3644" at /dev/sg1 but `scanimage -L` does nothing. Perhaps it precipitates an error of some kind because after cancelling the command sane-find-scanner again detects nothing and subsequent driver reloadings print out the same set of SCSI errors. I know at lease someone somewhere has gotten this scanner working before because http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html says that support for 'ScanJet 6100C' is 'Complete'. What can I try next? I'm willing to start hacking hardware/drivers if necessary but I have absolutely no idea where to begin, nor even where to ask. Justin
