On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 15:50 +1000, elliott-brennan wrote: > Hi David, > > Do you need the firmware in a directory with the > snapscan.conf file showing directions to it? > > I have a clone of an Agfa and had to put the > firmware file in a directory: > > /usr/local/share/sane/snapscan/firmware.bin > > Then modified the snapscan.conf file to show where > it was, then give permission to myself for that > directory. > > For example, snapscan.conf has the following line > > firmware /usr/local/share/sane/snapscan/firmware.bin >
I noticed all this in the docs, but it seemed to indicate that my version of the 1212u didn't require a firmware file. Where do I get this file from? I can't find anything on google about it, and it's not included on my original Agfa CD (as one site suggested it should be). I've commented out the firmware line, and commented in the device line, but nothing changes. > I put my firmware file in the said directory > (actually had to create /sane and /snapscan > > Then I modified the line below (which is slightly > different to yours) to show: > > firmware /usr/local/lib/sane/firmware/u96v121.bin > > Then I had to change owner of the directory > /snapscan and contents to me, then ran xsane and > all was right with the world :) > > If you need a hand, get back to me. This was > probably the first SLUG 'assistance required' > request I made about 2 years ago - happy to help > someone with the little I do know. > > (Sorry for the truncated response - trying to stop > my youngest from... well, anything he's up to :)) > > Regards, > > Patrick > > Reference: > http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-snapscan.5.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: > > [SLUG] sane - "failed to start scanner - invalid argument" > > From: > > david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: > > Wed, 17 May 2006 12:12:11 +1000 > > To: > > [email protected] > > > > To: > > [email protected] > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: > > 7bit > > Precedence: > > list > > MIME-Version: > > 1.0 > > Reply-To: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: > > text/plain > > Message: > > 2 > > > > > > Ubuntu Breezy > > Xsane 0.97 > > sane 1.0.15 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ scanimage -L > > device `snapscan:libusb:001:011' is a AGFA SNAPSCAN 1212U flatbed > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ scanimage -d test -T > > <all tests PASS> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ scanimage -d snapscan:libusb:001:011 -T scanimage: > > sane_start: Error during device I/O > > > > The scanner makes noises and lights up.. but that's all. > > > > There isn't a /dev/usb/scanner0 as I would have expected - does that > > matter? Somewhere in the docs i noticed mention of /dev/sga but that > > isn't there either. > > > > If any could point me at some clues I would appreciate it. > > > > Thanks.... > > > > David. > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
