In writing that I tested it on 3 Ubuntu boxes - all 11.10. One worked without the reboot, the others didn't.
No messing with permissions on any box. I don't know why, I assumed that sane was reading the config at start up, but from your responce I don't think so. Should I change it to "if it doesn't work, reboot"? Is their a better solution? --- Steven Santos Director Simply Circus, Inc. 86 Los Angeles Street Newton, MA 02458 P: 617-527-0667 F: 617-934-1870 E: Steven at SimplyCircus.com On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:16 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote: > It should not be required to reboot the machine. Just restart your > frontend application. Unless, you had to mess with device permissions > via udev or hal (or whatever). Those sometimes require a reboot. > > allan > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Steven Santos <Steven at simplycircus.com> > wrote: > > (first version did not include the usb connection...) > > > > > > I am not a coder, but I hope my notes make it easier for others to get > this > > working. Many thanks to > > Reinhold Kainhofer for both developing this backend, and for pointing me > in > > the right direction for fixing my problem! > > > > I am now working on getting saned to work, and export this scanner to > other > > clients on the network. I am specifically hoping that it will work with > > older versions of SANE (CentOS 6.2 uses version 1.0.21). If that works, > I > > will add those notes to this, as well as adding notes on getting this > model > > working with CUPS for both color and black and white printing. > > > > > > > > > > HOW-TO: SANE and the Konica Minolta Magicolor 1690MF on Ubuntu > > > > Step 1: Ensure that you have at least version 1.0.22 of sane installed > > > > If you don't know what version of sane you are running, run this command > > from a terminal: > > > >> scanuser at sane:~$ scanimage -V > > > > > > You should see something like this as a result: > > > >> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.22; backend version 1.0.22 > > > > > > (hint: it should already be installed on Ubuntu 11.04 and higher. If it > > reads 1.0.21, you do not have the magicolor back end, and need to > upgrade to > > a newer version of ubuntu). > > > > Step 2: Enable the Magicolor back end > > > > Edit the file /etc/sane.d/dll.conf by running the following command: > > > >> sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/dll.conf > > > > > > Within that file, change the line that reads > > > >> #magicolor > > > > > > to > > > >> magicolor > > > > > > and save the file. Note: if the magicolor line does not have a hash #, > you > > do not need to edit anything. > > > > > > Step 3: Tell the Magicolor back end where to find the network scanner > > > > While sane will try and autodetect the scanner on the network, you will > > likely need to specify the IP address of the scanner. To do that, open a > > terminal and run the command: > > > >> sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/magicolor.conf > > > > > > After the line that reads > > > >> net autodiscovery > > > > > > you need to add a line with the word "net" and IP address of your > Magicolor > > 1690MF scanner. That line should look like this: > > > >> net 192.168.0.15 > > > > > > (make sure to change the address to match that of your scanner) > > Now that you have added the IP address of your scanner, save the file. > > > > > > Step 4: Tell the Magicolor back end where to find the USB scanner > > > > With the 1690MF plugged into your computer via a USB cable, run the > command: > > > > > >> sane-find-scanner > > > > > > the output of that command will look something like this: > > > >> # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the > >> # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your > >> # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. > >> > >> # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make > sure > >> that > >> # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. > >> > >> found USB scanner (vendor=0x132b [KONICA MINOLTA], product=0x2089 > [KONICA > >> MINOLTA magicolor 1690MF scan]) at libusb:001:003 > >> # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be > >> supported by > >> # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. > >> > >> # Not checking for parallel port scanners. > >> > >> # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary > >> ports > >> # can't be detected by this program. > > > > > > You can ignore everything that starts with a hash tag, but the important > > part is this line: > > > >> found USB scanner (vendor=0x132b [KONICA MINOLTA], product=0x2089 > [KONICA > >> MINOLTA magicolor 1690MF scan]) at libusb:001:003 > > > > > > We need to add those two values to the Magicolor back end. to do that, > fire > > up gedit as root: > > > >> sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/magicolor.conf > > > > > > Find the line that reads: > > > >> usb > > > > > > and after it add a line with the word "usb" followed by the vendor > number > > and the product number. That line should look like this: > > > >> usb 0x132b 0x2089 > > > > > > After you have added that line, save the file. > > > > Step 5: Reboot the machine > > > > > > Next, reboot the machine (devs, can we get sane to reread the changes > > without restarting the box? If so, what is the command?) > > > > > > Step 6: Test your new scanner > > > > > > After the reboot, open a terminal window and run the command > > > >> xsane > > > > > > You should now have a working interface to your Konica Minolta Magicolor > > 1690MF. > > > > > > --- > > Steven Santos > > Director > > Simply Circus, Inc. > > 86 Los Angeles Street > > Newton, MA 02458 > > > > P: 617-527-0667 > > F: 617-934-1870 > > E: Steven at SimplyCircus.com > > > > -- > > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/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" > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/attachments/20120321/c73f8b5c/attachment.html>
