If I remember right you have to disable "quality calibration" for this model when connected via USB.
May be you enabled this option. Best regards Oliver Am Samstag, 17. M?rz 2007 16:33 schrieb [email protected]: > Hi > > I've tried the FAQ and all the Sane instructions I can find and can't > fix this, I'm wondering if anyone can give me a clue. > > I've a UMAX Astra 2200 usb scanner on Fedora 6. It was working, now > when I use xsane (0.991) I get the interface, and when I click scan I > get "Failed to start scanner: error during device I/O". My favourite > bets are: > > 1) I hit a button in the xsane interface that changed something I > don't know about. > 2) Something's been updated by the auto update process and messed > things up > 3) My scanner is broken and I need a new one. > > I don't think it's permissions, I get roughly the same stuff in root. > It's dodgy, though. I can sometimes get it to scan a little but I only > get the first, say, inch of the image. > > I suppose it could be the cable. > > Scanimage -L gives me: > device `umax:libusb:002:019' is a UMAX Astra 2200 flatbed > scanner > > but when I look in, I can't remember now, but would that imply there's > a /proc/something/002/019 file I need to set permissions on? Well > there isn't a file. > > Is it time to buy a new scanner or is there something I need to check > first? > > Cheers > J
