[sane-devel] Boeder SmartScan Slim Edition on SuSE

[Jim George]

Hi Henning and all,

> Hi,
>

> Well, the version must be 0.1.6 or newer. As far as I know that
> version number is not the same as the (libtool?) number of the library
> (*-so.a.b.c). My libusb looks like this: /usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4.3.0
>
So does mine (since downloading it).

>> I don't have the .usb file and am not sure where I can get it from as
>> the scanner came without software (I bought it from eBay :( ).
>
> You'll nee the firmware for scanning. Detection will work without it.
>

Thanks for this.  I also downloaded one from another site.  Neither made a
difference.

>> sane-find-scanner -q provides no output at all.
>
> Possible reason: if SANE is linked to libusb there are some other
> possible reasons:

How can I check that it is?

> - permissions (does it work as root)?

No

> - USB drivers are loaded (at least the host controller driver)?

All the following are loaded
usbserial              18492   0  (autoclean) (unused)
usb-uhci               21612   0  (unused)
usbcore                56768   1  [scanner usbserial snd usb-uhci]

> - /proc and /proc/bus/usb is mounted?

Both are loaded

> - /proc/bus/usb/devices should show your device
>

Yes it does...as follows.

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=ece0
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=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=05d8 ProdID=4002 Rev= 1.00
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=496mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms


Do you have any other suggestions?

Thanks for your support.

Jim