[sane-devel] umax 1220P - cabling issue?

[stef]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 08:08:37PM -0600, sane@bob-n.com wrote:
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> On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 sane@bob-n.com wrote:
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> > > 	One thing that may be worth trying, is to build the backend with no ppdev
> > > support (by undefining HAVE_LINUX_PPDEV_H in include/sane/config.h). The backend will
> > > fall back to direct I/O and so will have to be run with root's priviledges.
> > > 
> > 
> > OK, I'll give this a shot.
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> Results were less than optimal:
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> #  /usr/local/src/sane-backends-1.0.6/tools/umax_pp -p -t 255
> [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of umax_pp_low to 255.
> [umax_pp_low] *** Direct I/O or ppdev unavailable, giving up ***
> failed to gain direct acces to port 0x378!
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> 
	
	This message means that no direct I/O nor ppdev support was built in.

	If you are using CVS version, you'll to add '--enable-directio' to configure
option to allow direct I/O.


Regards,
	Stef

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> Here's the relevant parts of /etc/modules.conf:
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> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
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> Here's from /var/log/messages:
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> Dec 15 20:07:06 trc2 kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7
> [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
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> HELLLP!   ;)
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> Seriously, thanks for any help you can render.
> 
> - Bob Niederman.
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