[sane-devel] help with Microtek 9800XL

[E GCP]

>>On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 07:01:02PM +0000, E GCP wrote:
> >I have a Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL scanner. I'm trying to make it work 
>with >Linux. I have RedHat9, sane-backends-1.0.12-4, 
>sane-frontends-1.0.11-3, and >xsane-0.91-1 installed.  lsmod shows that the 
>  generic SCSI support is >loaded:
>[...]
>>I know ScanMaker 9800XL is not on the list of SANE supported scanners, but
> >when I type "sane-find-scanner" I get:
>[...]
>>found USB scanner (vendor=0x05da, product=0x20de) at libusb:002:002
> >The scanner is connected to the USB port. I don't have a SCSI card.

>The scanner does have both USB and SCSI connectors?

It has SCSI, USB, and FireWire connectors.

>>However, when I try "scanimage -L" I get:
>>No scanners were identified.

>As it's not supported, that's expected behaviour also.

>>I searched the sane-devel list and Google for any information related  to
> >this scanner working in Linux and I couldn't find anything relevant.

>You could start by providing an output of "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices"
>when the scanner is plugged in.

Here is the output from "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices":
T:  Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=bf20
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=03 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=05da ProdID=20de Rev= 0.00
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=   8 Ivl=0ms
T:  Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=12  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S:  SerialNumber=bf80
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms

Any similarities with other Microtek scanners? It supposedly replaces the 
9600XL.

Thanks,
Enrique

_________________________________________________________________
The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* 
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail