[sane-devel] "no sane devices found"

[Peter Kirchgessner]

Hi,

you can try two things:

Run

xsane hp:/dev/sg0

Check the file /usr/local/etc/sane.d/hp.conf to see if the line

scsi HP

is in it. Other hints (checking permissions) can be found at
http://www.kirchgessner.net/sanehpfaq.html

--Peter

Mark S Parrish wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just loaded the following:
> 
> [root@msp mark]# rpm -qa |grep "sane"
> sane-backends-1.0.5-1.1mdk
> xsane-0.79-1.1mdk
> libsane1-1.0.5-1.1mdk
> sane-1.0.5-1.1mdk
> 
> Here are the installed modules:
> 
> [root@msp mark]# lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> aic7xxx               107840   0  (autoclean)
> sg                     28160   0  (autoclean)
> scsi_mod               90288   2  (autoclean) [aic7xxx sg]
> es1371                 26272   0
> gameport                1840   0  [es1371]
> ac97_codec              8624   0  [es1371]
> 3c59x                  25824   1  (autoclean)
> 
> An interesting thing is happening.  When I start xsane, it says something
> like "xsane: no devices available."  Just for grins I did a:
> 
> [root@msp mark]# sane-find-scanner
> # Note that sane-find-scanner will find any scanner that is connected
> # to a SCSI bus.  It will even find scanners that are not supported
> # at all by SANE. It won't find a scanner that is connected to a
> # parallel, USB or other non-SCSI port.
> 
> sane-find-scanner: found processor "HP C7670A 3945" at device /dev/sg0
> sane-find-scanner: found processor "HP C7670A 3945" at device /dev/sga
> 
> It took almost a full minute to come back with the above 2 lines. I am also
> wondering why it is listed twice.
> 
> Then I executed xsane again and it gave me the "xsane: no devices
> available" ONCE.  The second time I executed xsane it started just fine.  It
> is almost like I have to kick it to get it started.  Can anyone tell me why?
> 
> I am running LM8.0 (2.4.7 kernel) 1.4mhz Intell Pentium 4 with 512 mb ram.
> My scanner is a HP ScanJet 6300C.
> 
> I love xsane.  I just want it to come to life when I fire up the program.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
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