Re: Scanner experiences
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 07:58:40PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > At this point the wiki page gives instructions for configuring and > re-making the kernel. Two concerns give me pause: We have removed the uscanner driver from all kernel configs some time ago, so your device should already attach as ugen and be directly usable by sane / xsane (maybe needing some /dev/ugen* permission/ownership changes). Martin
Re: Scanner experiences
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 07:58:40PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > At this point the wiki page gives instructions for configuring and > re-making the kernel. Two concerns give me pause: I have an epson scanner, too, though not same model number. Currently it's set under Linux but I recollect it was working on NetBSD as ugen0 itself. So I think you might not require reconfiguring kernel since yours is shown as ugen0. You might just have to tinker with the device option (-d) of scanimage. [I do not have that setup now, otherwise I'd have shared my exact device string.] Mayuresh
Scanner experiences
My Epson scanner has quite a few years on it but it never so much as hiccuped throughout those years while connected to Windows. The Windows is now gone. I am running: % uname -a NetBSD nebby.localdomain 8.99.35 NetBSD 8.99.35 (GENERIC) #0: Fri Mar 15 22:09:21 UTC 2019 mkre...@mkrepro.netbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64 Plugging the scanner's USB cable into the box yields this in /var/log/messages: Apr 12 15:59:01 nebby /netbsd: [ 90497.9861323] ugen0 at uhub0 port 7 Apr 12 15:59:01 nebby /netbsd: [ 90497.9861323] ugen0: EPSON (0x4b8) EPSON Scanner (0x122), rev 2.00/1.10, addr 4 I found this site: https://wiki.netbsd.org/scanner/ and followed the link 'SANE:Supported Devices' to this page: http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-EPSON ...where the following typifies the entries that match 0x122: GT-F570 USB 0x04b8/0x0122 Unsupported supported by the epkowa backend plus non-free interpreter epson2 At this point the wiki page gives instructions for configuring and re-making the kernel. Two concerns give me pause: 1. I don't have kernel source for 8.99.35 2. The wiki page bears this legend: "Last edited mid-morning Monday, June 20th, 2011" I can countenance upgrading to a more contemporary instance of -current (and grabbing kernel source!), but I wonder if the state of the SANE drivers, libs, and so on are now such that the kernel hacking might not be needed, not at least at this early stage of the project. Just trying to plan my next move! Thanks all, -- These are not the droids you are looking for.
Re: Scanner experiences
Bob Bernstein writes: > Apr 12 15:59:01 nebby /netbsd: [ 90497.9861323] ugen0 at uhub0 port 7 > Apr 12 15:59:01 nebby /netbsd: [ 90497.9861323] ugen0: EPSON (0x4b8) > EPSON Scanner (0x122), rev 2.00/1.10, addr 4 > > I found this site: https://wiki.netbsd.org/scanner/ and followed the > link 'SANE:Supported Devices' to this page: > > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-EPSON > > ...where the following typifies the entries that match 0x122: > > GT-F570 USB 0x04b8/0x0122 Unsupported supported by the >epkowa backend plus non-free interpreter epson2 > > At this point the wiki page gives instructions for configuring and > re-making the kernel. Two concerns give me pause: You can always upgrade to more recent current if you really need to build a kernel. But, I expect this to really work, if it can work, via libusb on ugen, rather than a kernel scanner driver.
Scanner experiences
My Epson scanner has quite a few years on it but it never so much as hiccuped throughout those years while connected to Windows. The Windows is now gone. I am running: % uname -a NetBSD nebby.localdomain 8.99.35 NetBSD 8.99.35 (GENERIC) #0: Fri Mar 15 22:09:21 UTC 2019 mkre...@mkrepro.netbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64 Plugging the scanner's USB cable into the box yields this in /var/log/messages: Apr 12 15:59:01 nebby /netbsd: [ 90497.9861323] ugen0 at uhub0 port 7 Apr 12 15:59:01 nebby /netbsd: [ 90497.9861323] ugen0: EPSON (0x4b8) EPSON Scanner (0x122), rev 2.00/1.10, addr 4 I found this site: https://wiki.netbsd.org/scanner/ and followed the link 'SANE:Supported Devices' to this page: http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-EPSON ...where the following typifies the entries that match 0x122: GT-F570 USB 0x04b8/0x0122 Unsupported supported by the epkowa backend plus non-free interpreter epson2 At this point the wiki page gives instructions for configuring and re-making the kernel. Two concerns give me pause: 1. I don't have kernel source for 8.99.35 2. The wiki page bears this legend: "Last edited mid-morning Monday, June 20th, 2011" I can countenance upgrading to a more contemporary instance of -current (and grabbing kernel source!), but I wonder if the state of the SANE drivers, libs, and so on are now such that the kernel hacking might not be needed, not at least at this early stage of the project. Just trying to plan my next move! Thanks all,
