[sane-devel] One more try to get CX5000 scanner working.

m. allan noah kitno455 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 20 13:48:06 UTC 2010


Make sure only epson2 is enabled in dll.conf (not epson or epkowa) and run this:

SANE_DEBUG_EPSON2=255 scanimage -L 2>cx5000.log

and send cx5000.log to the list.

You might also consider building a recent git snapshot of sane-backends.

allan

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:45 AM, tj <999alfred at comcast.net> wrote:
> Nope, makes no difference if root user.
>
> tj
>
> m. allan noah wrote:
>>
>> Forget the scanner group thing for a second. Does it work as root with
>> either epson2 or epson listed in the config?
>>
>> allan
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:28 PM, tj <999alfred at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I posted this before, but all I got where "it's supported answers." I had
>>> to
>>> stop worrying with it for a while, but now I really want tot get it
>>> working.
>>> Ok, user is a member of scanner group. I have a Canon FB630U scanner that
>>> under sane, but is terribly, terribly slow (go take a nap when scanning
>>> an
>>> 8.5x11).
>>>
>>> ~ $ /sbin/lsusb
>>> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04b8:082b Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus DX5050
>>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a48:3239 I/O Interconnect Multimedia Card Reader
>>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>>
>>> So, the scanner is seen on USB.
>>>
>>> ~ $ sane-find-scanner
>>>  # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
>>>  # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
>>>  # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.
>>>
>>>  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure
>>> that
>>>  # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
>>> q
>>> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x082b [USB2.0
>>> MFP(Hi-Speed)]) at libusb:001:003
>>>  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be
>>> supported
>>> by
>>>  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
>>>
>>> ~ $ scanimage -L
>>> No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
>>> check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
>>> sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
>>> which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
>>>
>>> >From /etc/udev/rules.d/80-libsane.rules
>>>
>>> # EPSON Stylus CX4900 | EPSON Stylus CX5000 | EPSON Stylus DX5000
>>> # Epson CX-5000 | Epson DX-5000 | Epson DX-5050
>>> # Epson CX-5000 | Epson DX-5000 | Epson DX-5050
>>> ATTRS{idVendor}=="04b8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="082b", MODE="0664",
>>> GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
>>>
>>> In /etc/sane.d/dll.conf I had
>>> epson
>>> #epkowa
>>> epson2
>>>
>>> I read somewhere to try commenting out epson and uncommenting epkowa,
>>> which
>>> I did and restated, but no change.
>>>
>>> Slackware 13 distro.
>>>
>>> So, how do I make this thing work?
>>>
>>> Also, where in the /dev tree is the device placed?
>>>
>>> tj
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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