These machines were always flaky under usb. I threw mine out. Its was 12 years old, and slow as dirt.
allan On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Ken Beals <kabeals at gmail.com> wrote: > Trying to use a HP 6300 scanner with SANE. Particulars: > Ubuntu 10.10, kernel 2.6.35-28-generic-pae > Scanner connected through usb > > Results of 'sane-find-scanner': > found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [Hewlett-Packard], product=0x0601 [HP > ScanJet 6300C]) at libusb:005:002 > > here is /dev/bus/usb/005 directory: > crw-rw-r-- ?1 root root ? ?189, 512 2011-05-13 20:22 001 > crw-rw-r--+ 1 root scanner 189, 513 2011-05-13 20:51 002 > > device 001 is the root hub. > > symlink to scanner is present in /dev: > lrwxrwxrwx ? 1 root root ? ? ? ? ? ?15 2011-05-13 20:22 hp6350C -> > bus/usb/005/002 > > contents of /etc/sane.d/hp.conf: > > /dev/hp6350C > ?option connect-usb > > running 'scanimage -L' with debug enabled (also tried as root) gives: > > [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of hp to 128. > [hp] sane_init called > [hp] hp_init: global.is_up = 1 > [hp] sane_init will finish with Success > [hp] sane_get_devices called > [hp] hp_read_config: hp backend v1.06/$Revision$ starts reading config file > [hp] hp_read_config: processing line </dev/hp6350C> > [hp] hp_read_config: processing line <option connect-usb> > [hp] hp_read_config: attach /dev/hp6350C > [hp] hp_attach_matching_devices: attach matching /dev/hp6350C > [hp] hp_attach: "/dev/hp6350C" > [hp] hp_get_dev: New device /dev/hp6350C, connect-usb, scsi-request=0 > [hp] sanei_hp_device_new: /dev/hp6350C > [hp] hp_GetOpenDevice: device /dev/hp6350C not open > [hp] hp_nonscsi_open: open usb with "/dev/hp6350C" > [hp] hp_nonscsi_open: open device /dev/hp6350C failed > [hp] nonscsi_new: open failed (Invalid argument) > [hp] /dev/hp6350C: Can't open nonscsi device > [hp] hp_read_config: reset to default config > [hp] sane_get_devices will finish with Success > > No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, > check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the > sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation > which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). > [hp] sane_exit called > [hp] hp_destroy: global.is_up = 0 > [hp] sane_exit will finish > > I see the 'invalid argument' but I don't know what it is complaining about. > > Are the major/minor numbers for /dev/bus/usb/005/002 OK? Everything > I've read says major 180 for scanners. > > What am I missing? > > thanks, > > Ken > > -- > 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 > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
