On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Matthew wrote: > m. allan noah wrote: >>> scanimage: scanning image of size 5104x6600 pixels at 1 bits/pixel >>> scanimage: acquiring gray frame >>> [fujitsu] sane_read: start >>> [fujitsu] read_from_scanner: start >>> [fujitsu] read_from_scanner: si:0 to:4210800 rx:0 re:4210800 bu:65536 >>> pa:65076 >>> [fujitsu] do_usb_cmd: start >>> [fujitsu] in: return error 'End of file reached' >>> [fujitsu] read_from_scanner: got EOF, changing to GOOD >> >> hmm. i bet that is the culprit. i bet we should catch that eof, and run >> status anyway. instead of continuing. normally the 5120 is in blocking >> mode, and does not do this. even if we get the io error later to work, >> this will corrupt the image anyway, so it has to be fixed. >> >> did you have the scanner connected to windows, then connect it to linux, >> without power cycling the scanner? if the windows driver sets up the >> scanner for some kind of non-blocking or buffering mode, this would happen. >> >> if you power cycle the scanner while its connected to linux, does this >> happen still? >> >> allan >> > > Ok, time for me to sound extremely stupid, but how do I power cycle the > scanner. If your talking about simply turning it off and on then yes I > have done that and it still errors out. >
better pull the power cord and wait 30 seconds or so before reconnecting, just to make sure. allan -- "so don't tell us it can't be done, putting down what you don't know. money isn't our god, integrity will free our souls" - Max Cavalera
