[sane-devel] Scanner Basics

[Bernd Herholtz]

Hi,

Thanks.
modprobe scanner and /etc/rc.d/rc.local 


Am Samstag, 16. November 2002 23:08 schrieb Henning Meier-Geinitz:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:46:55PM +0100, Philippe Berini wrote:
> > I have had exactly the same problem two days ago (with Mandrake 9.0. and
> > a USB scanner Canon N676U).
> >
> > I had put :
> > options scanner vendor=0x04a9 product=0x220d
> > in /etc/modules.conf
>
> That means: If you run "modprobe scanner", automatically use the
> options you provided. So you don't need to type them everytime.
> However, you still must run "modprobe scanner".
>
> > Eventually I noticed that with lsmod, the name of the module was
> > "scanner" and I added in /etc/modules.conf two lines instead of one:
> >
> > alias /dev/usb/scanner0 scanner
>
> Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think that will achieve anything. If you
> do "rmmod scanner", then run "scanimage -L", that really works?
> It doesn't work here.
>
> Usually, there are two approaches to load the scanner driver when
> booting:
>
> * Put "scanner" in /etc/modules (works on Debian and Mandrake)
> * Add "modprobe scanner" to /etc/rc.d/rc.local or similar (RedHat)
>
> Automatic loading works with the hotplug utilities.


My scanner works immediately after starting system without making a modprobe 
scanner in shell.
I have canonscanfb636u and Mandrake 9.0.
I added in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
and /etc/rc.d/rc.modules "modprobe scanner"
In modules.conf i have "options scanner vendor=0x04a9 product=0x2204

After starting system i can start at once with xsane without  making a 
modprobe scanner in shell.

Bye
Bernd