sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org. greetings, i have run into problems getting scanner working.
system; ]$ uname -a Linux argosyiayia.ciee.lab 2.6.18-274.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Nov 29 11:20:34 EST 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux scanner; Plustek OpticPro 9630p parallel port; EPP as normal user; ]# scanimage --list-devices No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, <snip> after changing /etc/sand.d/plustek_pp.conf from; [direct] device 0x378 #[direct] #device parport0 to; #[direct] #device parport0 [direct] device 0x378 i get; ]# scanimage --list-devices device `plustek_pp:parport0' is a Plustek 9630P parallel port flatbed scanner fails as user; ]# sane-find-scanner -p as user, i can not start 'xsane', i get error message that device is not found. as root, i can start 'xsane'. when i try a scan, i get error; error during read: error during device i/o. only logging is in messages; Jan 3 22:31:56 argosyiayia kernel: ppdev: user-space parallel port driver i have been thru configs and settings so many time now that if there was a message 'hey, you need to change...', i probably would not see it. i doubt that there are any list members using same scanner, but if there are any still using or familiar with setting up a parallel port scanner that can help, i would certainly appreciate some guidance. tia. *please reply "plain text" only. "html text" are deleted*. thank you. -- peace out. tc, hago. walking the walk. long live tux. g . *please reply "plain text" only. "html text" are deleted* -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 545 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/attachments/20120106/cb24e625/attachment.pgp>
