[sane-devel] Umax Astra 2200, USB, SuSE 9.0. Sometimes (!) scanning/preview fails.

[Klaus Dahlke]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:49:15 +0100
Peter Kindermann <peterkindermann@web.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I use Umax 2200 (SU) with USB under SuSE 9.0 (Kernel
> 2.4.21-99). sane backend version 1.0.12. xscanimage (sane-frontends)
> 1.0.10.
> 
> I have problem with scanning which some others in this list had too
> [1], but the answers do not solve my problems. So I am verbose.
> 
> At first good news: The scanner is recognized by the system :-)
> 
> 
> ~> sane-find-scanner
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x1606, product=0x0230) at /dev/usb/scanner0
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x1606, product=0x0230) at /dev/usbscanner
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x1606, product=0x0230) at libusb:001:081
> 
> 
> ~> scanimage -L
> device `umax:/dev/usb/scanner0' is a UMAX     Astra 2200       flatbed scanner
> device `umax:/dev/usbscanner' is a UMAX     Astra 2200       flatbed scanner
> 
> 
> ~> l /dev/usb/scanner0 /dev/usbscanner
> crw-rw----    1 pete     scanner  180,  48 2003-09-23 20:01 /dev/usbscanner
> crw-rw----    1 pete     scanner  180,  48 2003-09-23 20:01 /dev/usb/scanner0
> 
> 
> # lsusb
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 080: ID 03eb:3301 Atmel Corp. 4-port Hub
> Bus 001 Device 081: ID 1606:0230 Umax [hex] Astra 2200/2200SU
> 
> 
> So far everything is fine!
Hi Peter,
I have the same scanner and went through the same trouble as you. While connected to SCSI: no problem, while connected to USB random freezes. I solved the problem by using libusb only. My advice: either recompile the kernel without scanner support or move 'scanner.o' outside the module path. Quick test: after powering on the scanner, do a 'rmmod scanner' and then do your test (make sure that scanner.o doesn't get loaded).

Cheers,
Klaus