On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:28 AM, tj <999alfred at comcast.net> wrote: > I posted this before, but all I got where "it's supported answers." I had to > stop worrying with it for a while, but now I really want tot get it working. > Ok, user is a member of scanner group. I have a Canon FB630U scanner that > under sane, but is terribly, terribly slow (go take a nap when scanning an > 8.5x11).
Hi, For the CX5000 and its aliases, the current CVS SANE lists it as supported with the "epson" backend: http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-mfgs-cvs.html > ~ $ /sbin/lsusb > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04b8:082b Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus DX5050 OK. > ~ $ sane-find-scanner > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x082b [USB2.0 > MFP(Hi-Speed)]) at libusb:001:003 OK. > ~ $ scanimage -L > No scanners were identified. Try a CVS version of SANE, from the git repository. > >From /etc/udev/rules.d/80-libsane.rules Maybe someone can chime in. > In /etc/sane.d/dll.conf I had > epson > #epkowa > epson2 Ditto. > I read somewhere to try commenting out epson and uncommenting epkowa, which > I did and restated, but no change. Ditto. > Slackware 13 distro. Maybe try CVS SANE, distro SANE may be a lot older. > Also, where in the /dev tree is the device placed? probably /dev/bus/usb/001/003 Regards, Gernot
