[sane-devel] losing hair and sleep over this

[noah]

sorry i forgot to include that stuff before:
i'm using redhat 8
i tried two versions of sane, the one that comes with redhat 8 and 1.0.5.

here's the /proc/bus/usb/devices:
P:  Vendor=04b8 ProdID=010c Rev= 0.01
S:  Manufacturer=EPSON
S:  Product=Perfection640
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  2mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=usbscanner
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
T:  Bus=02 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=02 Cnt=03 Dev#=  5 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1

all the threads i've ever found on the web concerning people who had similar end rather dubiously with things like, "good luck," "see if that works," or "i can't think of anything else," with no reply from the original poster.
spooky,
noah

ps: another thing to keep in mind is that i've tried 3 different scanners. this is the most compatible one, but my usb bus found all the others and was able to report their manufacturer and product. sane-find-scanner found none of them.

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 07:06:13 -0500 (EST)
<khk@khk.net> wrote:

> I got your other message about the kernel versions you've tried.
> I don't have any experience with the 2.5 kernels, I do however
> know that 2.4.19 works, so stick with that for now. Once you've
> got the scanner working, you can try the newer kernels.
> 
> Which distribution are you using?
> 
> Which version of Sane are you using?
> 
> Can you please send the output of the following command:
> cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
> 
> This will show if the USB scanner driver found your scanner.
> 
> sane-find-scanner did not locate the scanner, this means that it's
> not (yet) a problem with the EPSON backend, there is something else
> wrong.
>