[sane-devel] Re: scanner not recognised part II

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

The CD-R shows up as SCSI device because the CD burning software can=20
only
work with SCSI devices. You are using the ide2scsi pseudo SCSI adapter=20=

for
this. As you can see, it does not see the scanner. THis means that it's=20=

not
a Sane problem, but a problem with the SCSI system (cabling, driver,=20
adapter,
termination...). Did you configure your SCSI controller?


On Feb 29, 2004, at 8:04 AM, Paul Frisson wrote:

> No file neither directory names /dev/scanner  (but there are=20
> /dev/scanner0 and
> scanner1 ...  in /dev/usb)
>
> The cat /proc/scsi/scsi command provided the answer :
>
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: PLEXTOR  Model: CD-R   PX-W1210A Rev: 1.10
>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
>
> Strange enough because there is no other scsi device on my PC than the=20=

> scanner
> (SCSI ID =3D 6), the plextor writer exists but is IDE.
>
> I disabled all the lines in dll.conf but I still am unable to scan,=20
> even as
> root, the same and everlasting "no device avalilable" when I start=20
> sane or
> Xsane.
>
> I don't know if this is important but anytime I start Xsane, he asks=20=

> me for
> agreement on licence before checking, as far as I remember, this=20
> question
> used to appear only the first time sane was launched, so is it=20
> possible that
> he fails to find/make his configuration file ?
>
> Le Dimanche 29 F=E9vrier 2004 12:53, Karl Heinz Kremer a =E9crit :
>> If you have a file named /dev/scanner, please remove it.
>> Do you have any other SCSI devices? Please run this command with your
>> scanner
>> attached and turned on:
>> cat /proc/scsi/scsi
>>
>> Edit the file dll.conf and disable all other entries but the one for
>> the scanners
>> you have (in a first step, you could disable everything but the line
>> containing
>> "epson". Does this make a difference?
>
>
>
> Le Dimanche 29 F=E9vrier 2004 12:53, Karl Heinz Kremer a =E9crit :
>> If you have a file named /dev/scanner, please remove it.
>> Do you have any other SCSI devices? Please run this command with your
>> scanner
>> attached and turned on:
>> cat /proc/scsi/scsi
>>
>> Edit the file dll.conf and disable all other entries but the one for
>> the scanners
>> you have (in a first step, you could disable everything but the line
>> containing
>> "epson". Does this make a difference?
>
>
> --=20
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