Thanks, Eddy. Synaptic reports I have libieee1284-3 installed (version 0.2.11-3). I tried with /etc/ieee1284.conf and still didn't work, but now it could "attach" to partport0 even though it couldn't "initialize" it:
juancarlos at cm-xubuntu:/$ SANE_DEBUG_SANEI_PA4S2=128 scanimage -L [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of sanei_pa4s2 to 128. [sanei_pa4s2] sanei_pa4s2: interface called for the first time [sanei_pa4s2] sanei_pa4s2_devices: invoked [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: static int first_time = 1 [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: called for the first time [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: initializing libieee1284 [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: 1 ports reported by IEEE 1284 library [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: port 0 is `parport0` [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: allocating port list [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: initialized successfully [sanei_pa4s2] sanei_pa4s2_open: called for device 'parport0' [sanei_pa4s2] sanei_pa4s2_open: trying to connect to port [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: trying to attach dev `parport0` [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: static int first_time = 0 [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: sanei already initalized [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: looking up port in list [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: port is in list at port[0] [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: setting up port data [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: name=parport0 in_use=SANE_TRUE [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: enabled=SANE_FALSE mode=PA4S2_MODE_NIB [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: opening device [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: could not open device `parport0` (Error initializing port) [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: marking port 0 as unused [sanei_pa4s2] sanei_pa4s2_open: connection failed [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of sanei_pa4s2 to 128. [sanei_pa4s2] sanei_pa4s2: interface called for the first time [sanei_pa4s2] sanei_pa4s2_scsi_pp_open: called for device 'parport0' [sanei_pa4s2] sanei_pa4s2_scsi_pp_open: trying to connect to port [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: trying to attach dev `parport0` [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: static int first_time = 1 [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: called for the first time [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: initializing libieee1284 [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: 1 ports reported by IEEE 1284 library [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: port 0 is `parport0` [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: allocating port list [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_init: initialized successfully [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: looking up port in list [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: port is in list at port[0] [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: setting up port data [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: name=parport0 in_use=SANE_TRUE [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: enabled=SANE_FALSE mode=PA4S2_MODE_NIB [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: opening device [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: could not open device `parport0` (Error initializing port) [sanei_pa4s2] pa4s2_open: marking port 0 as unused [sanei_pa4s2] sanei_pa4s2_scsi_pp_open: connection failed device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname BT848A video (Pinnacle PCTV Stu virtual device On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Eddy De Greef <edg-sane at edpnet.be> wrote: > Hi, > > you probably ran into an incompatibility between the kernel and libieee. > See http://home.scarlet.be/eddy_de_greef/Sane/ for more information > (Reported problems - first bullet). > > You can try to update libieee to version 0.2.11. If that is not an > option, you can try to work around the bug by creating a file called > /etc/ieee1284.conf containing this single line: > > disallow method ppdev > > That line should enable you to scan as root. > > Best regards, > > Eddy > > sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org wrote: > > Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 18:31:38 -0400 > > From: " Juan Carlos Garc?a " <jcgrv06 at gmail.com> > > Subject: [sane-devel] Problems setting up Mustek 600 III EP Plus in > > Xubuntu > > To: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > > Message-ID: > > <e0f2a6890805141531s47e18f47u35e733df3ed1cb30 at mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hello, > > > > I followed the instructions in > > http://penguin-breeder.org/sane/mustek_pp/but I get this error when > > running "scanimage -L": > > > > [mustek_pp] ccd300_init: couldn't attach to port ``parport0'' (Invalid > > argument) > > > > Any ideas? Below are the key files and contents. Thanks in advance for > your > > help. > > > > - I have mustek_pp uncommented in dll.conf. > > > > - I have the following in mustek.conf: > > > > #-------------------------- 600 III EP Plus > > --------------------------------- > > parport0 > > > > - The only uncommented line in mustek_pp.conf is: > > > > scanner Mustek-600-IIIEP * ccd300 > > > > - sane-find-scanner -p didn't locate the scanner. > > > > - ldd `which sane-find-scanner` | grep libieee1284 produces: > > > > libieee1284.so.3 => /usr/lib/libieee1284.so.3 (0xb7f92000) > > > > - ls -l /dev/parport0 produces: > > > > crw-rw---- 1 lp scanner 99, 0 2008-05-14 16:54 /dev/parport0 > > > > - grep ppdev /proc/devices produces: > > > > 99 ppdev > > > > > > Thanks, > > Juan Carlos > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- Juan Carlos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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