[sane-devel] scanbd daemon does not load firmware

Wilhelm wilhelm.meier at fh-kl.de
Mon Sep 23 09:56:45 UTC 2013


Hi Ilya,

Am 20.09.2013 06:36, schrieb Ilya V. Ivanchenko:
> Wilhelm,
> Here's a patch that implements device insertion/removal hooks. I've
> tested it with scanbuttond backend and it solves the problem of firmware
> not being loaded to the scanner.

thanks again. Just added the patches!

> --
> Ilya
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Wilhelm <wilhelm.meier at fh-kl.de>
> *To:* Ilya V. Ivanchenko <iva2k at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* "w.meier at unix.net" <w.meier at unix.net>;
> "sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org" <sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 30, 2013 10:29 PM
> *Subject:* Re: scanbd daemon does not load firmware
> 
> Am 31.08.2013 02:28, schrieb Ilya V. Ivanchenko:
>> Thanks, that clarifies the situation and also explains what you meant by
>> the callback. This external hook should be given in configuration file,
>> like in /etc/scanbd/scanbd.conf. Do you have a name you'd like for that
>> option?
> 
> Well, could imagine "prepare_script" as an option name for the
> scriptname. It's value should be an absolute path name or a relative
> pathname, where the same rules apply as for all scripts (see scriptdir
> option). And I would to pass it at most the same env vars the action
> scripts receive. And additionally an env variable called "WHEN" (or make
> it configurable) with the values "inserted" or "removed" or thelike.
> 
> I'm looking forward to your contribution!
> Thanks!
> -- 
> Wilhelm
> w.meier at unix.net <mailto:w.meier at unix.net>
> 
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Wilhelm
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