SOLVED (sort of): Setting up USB scanner
gcrimp_at_vcn.bc.ca
Date: 01/30/05
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Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:43:28 -0800 To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 11:28:16PM -0800, G. Crimp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to wade through the process of getting USB working so I can use a
> hand me down Epson 1250 Photo USB scanner on woody system, with kernel 2.4.18
> that I've configured and compiled myself.
>
> I've been to backports.org for the latest versions of libusb, sane-utils,
> and assorted dependences.
>
> I can get sane-find-scanner to find the beast (vendorID 04b8, productID 010f
> at /dev/usb/scanner0, or libusb:001:002) but can't get any of xsane,
> xscanimage, scanimage, or the gimp (using xsane) to find the scanner.
>
> If I try
>
> $ xsane
>
> by itself, an info box pops up telling me "scanning for devices". After a
> couple of minutes I get "xsane: no device available"
>
> If I try
>
> $ xsane plustek:/dev/usb/scanner0
>
> the error "Failed to open device `plustek:/dev/usb/scanner0': Error during
> device I/O" is eventually returned.
>
> Even though this is an Epson scanner, I have been using
> /etc/sane.d/plustek.conf to try and configure it. A couple of web sources
> have pointed out that this particular model of Epson requires the plustek
> backend to sane, rather than the epson one.
>
> Any pointers on what I am doing wrong, or thoughts on what I should
> try next ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ger
>
For what it's worth, this is working now. To summarize the problem, even
though sane-find-scanner was finding the device, none of the scanning
programmes could see it.
Re-reading "man sane-usb", I noticed that the libusb method of accessing the
scanner wouldn't work if the scanner.o module was loaded. Unloading the
scanner module, I tried again using libusb in the plustek.conf file, and got
things to work.
So, I've got the scanner working, but, I still don't know why it wouldn't
work with the scanner kernel module.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Ger
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