[sane-devel] USB HP office jet k60 not working with Kernel 2.6.5

[gerard klaver]

On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 13:46 +0000, Stephen CS Howe wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I easily set up my HP Office Jet K60 scanner with kernel 2.4 using
> fedora core 1 a short while ago.
> 
> I have upgraded to fedora core 2A and Kernel 2.6.5-1 kernel, and note
> that the whole scanner recognition system has changed ..aaargggg....why
> fix something that was working ??!!
> 
> >From the vast and contradictory documentation, I think that I am now
> supposed to use libusb or something.
> 
> I have looked all over for a coherent explaination of how to set things
> up with the new libusb method, but can't find anything. The problem is,
> I keep getting "sucked back" into documents setting things up with
> kernel modules which I understand is "The old way".
> 
> The system basically appears to have seen my hardware:-
> 
> check that the USB hardware is working
> 
> cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
> 
> 
> output is as follows for the scanner:-
> 
> 
> T:  Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
> D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=03f0 ProdID=0511 Rev= 1.00
> S:  Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packar
> S:  Product=OfficeJet  K60
> S:  SerialNumber=ES0AVC4090OH
> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=00 MxPwr=  2mA
> I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=03 Driver=usblp
> E:  Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
> E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms
> 
> I note from the above that the loaded driver "usblp" is likely to be for
> a printer ??
> 
> In any case, sane cannot see the scanner at all.
> 
> Therefore, can anyone kindly explain to me in a coherent and step by
> step kind of way how to get this scanner working ?
> Maybe I can post the reply on the web some place after as I am sure that
> this question must be coming up all the time right now.
> 
> cheers
> 
> 

One page to check is this one for the hpaio backend
http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/hplip_readme.html

Also check www.sane-project.org/README.linux file

Check your libusb and hotplug package

and maybe update your kernel 

also check your sane-backend package version (present version is 1.0.15)
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Gerard Klaver