[sane-devel] Scanner not recoginzed by Sane

Peter Kirchgessner peter@kirchgessner.net
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 05:40:04 +0100


Hi Ray,

let's see what the hp-backend is doing about the scanner. Run

export SANE_DEBUG_HP=17
xscanimage hp:/dev/scanner > hp.lis 2>&1

and send the compressed file hp.lis back to me.

--Peter

Ray Curtis wrote:
> 
> I am using an older HP4c scanner attached with a Buslogic BT-958 on
> a RedHat 7.2 system.
> These are the rpms this version of redhat installed:
> sane-frontends-1.0.5-2
> sane-backends-1.0.5-4
> 
> The scanner is recogined by the scsi controller at bootup with:
>   Vendor: HP        Model: C2520A            Rev: 3503
>   Type:   Processor                          ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> 
> Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0,  type 3
> 
> When I do a xscanimage it comes back with it can't find the scanner:
> [xscanimage] No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something
>           different, check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and
>           detected by the find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read
>           the documentation which came with this software (README, FAQ,
>           manpages).
> 
> However with a sane-find-scanner:
> 
> sane-find-scanner: found processor "HP C2520A 3503" at device /dev/scanner
> sane-find-scanner: found processor "HP C2520A 3503" at device /dev/sg1
> 
> I have read the FAQ's and most of the doc's I can find but this
> refuses to work for me.
> 
> Any suggestions much appreciated,
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --
> Ray Curtis
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