[sane-devel] epson 1200 usb hangs

Karl Heinz Kremer khk@khk.net
Tue, 28 Aug 2001 22:14:00 -0400


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Which OS version are you using? There is a timeout value that you=20
have to set for older kernels. Please see my FAQ page at
http://www.freecolormanagement.com/sane/faq.html for more information
about this problem.=20

Karl Heinz

On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 09:04:36PM -0400, Bob wrote:
> I hope this is the right place for this question.  I am running Mandrake =
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> August 10, 2001.  I've got an Epson 1200U.  I downloaded the latest front=
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> backends and compiled with no errors.  I shut down and restarted.  When I=
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> started xsane, it found my scanner and let me do a preview.  When I tried=
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> finish the scan, it hung about half way through.  Where it hangs varies. =
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> was scanning at 600 dpi a 35 meg file onto a vfat partition.  I shut the=
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> computer down and restarted.  I was able to scan about 10 pictures.  Then=
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> hung again. Now when I restart it will sometimes hang during the preview,=
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> sometimes hang during the final scan.  I've got a gig free on the /tmp dr=
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> and 15 gigs free on the target drive.  I've run into the same problems as=
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> root and as an everyday user.  Sometimes I can scan 20 or 30 photos with =
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> problems, and others I can't scan at all no matter what I do.  Once it ha=
ngs,=20
> I've never been able to get it back.   I've tried stopping and restarting=
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> usb and usbd services.  cat /proc/bus/usb/devices shows the scanner there=
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> whether it is hung or not.
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> Scanning under windows works, but the scans simply aren't as nice and the=
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> autoincrement feature is great.
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> Any ideas of what to check?
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> Thanks,
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> Bob
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Karl Heinz Kremer                                  khk@khk.net
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EPSON Sane Backend:         http://www.freecolormanagement.com

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