On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:42:27 +0200, ableape <[email protected]> wrote:
> Using Debian 3.1 with kernels at 2.4.27 > > Attaching Minolta Dimage Dual Scan over a SCSI interface AHA 2940UW > which is working. > > after the apt-get, the scanner cannot be found. There is no > dev/scanner in this release of Debian... I am not sure > which device is supposed to be a scanner. There are a lot of > /dev/usb/scannerN in the release. > > Is there a work around? If someone could explain how to do this or > point me to a resource I would greatly appreciate it. > > There will be lots of old high quality film scanners circulating for > years. > > Thanks. > > If you connect your scanner via a SCSI-controller, I guess your model is Minolta Dimage Dual Scan I, a SCSI-scanner. These devices will show up somewhere under /dev/sgx (maybe /dev/sg0, if no other SCSI-devices are attached). I am not familiar with Debian 3.1, but it may help to set (as root) a softlink with ln -s /dev/sg0 /dev/scanner. Wolfram Heider
