I am haaving trouble getting my usb scanner to work with sane under
slack 10. Basicaly the scanner is not detected sort of. scanimage -L
gives no scanner found but sane-find-scanner correctly finds and
identifies it (found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x2f11) at
libusb:001:002). I don't think it is a permissions problem as I get
identical results as root. I have tried adding an entry to
/etc/hotplug/usb/libsane.usermap but this made no difference.

libusb is version 0.1.8
sane is version 1.0.14

Any ideas?

Ian

ruffrecords wrote:
[sane prob]
> Any ideas?

i suspect the sane-devel mailing list would be a better place to ask this
question. people there will have much more experience with sane ;-)

<http://www.sane-project.org/mailing-lists.html>

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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:51:27 +0100, ruffrecords wrote:
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Ian

To get my USB scanner working I had to get the manafacturers firmware
file, copy it to the relevant directory & uncomment (or in my case
alter) the relevant text file. The location & file may vary depending on
your hardware. The method I used is detailed in man sane-gt68xx but
obviously yours may differ. ***important *** after installing/configuring
this is one of the occasions that require a reboot for it to work.

On 2004-08-22, ruffrecords <ruffrecords@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am haaving trouble getting my usb scanner to work with sane under
> slack 10. Basicaly the scanner is not detected sort of. scanimage -L
> gives no scanner found but sane-find-scanner correctly finds and
> identifies it (found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x2f11) at
> libusb:001:002).

Had a similar problem with my Epson scanner and
solved this by following Epson's info.
You do have a HP PSC 1200?
You may find some help at
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...um=HP-PSC_1200

cheers

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ruffrecords wrote:
> I am haaving trouble getting my usb scanner to work with sane under
> slack 10. Basicaly the scanner is not detected sort of. scanimage -L
> gives no scanner found but sane-find-scanner correctly finds and
> identifies it (found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x2f11) at
> libusb:001:002). I don't think it is a permissions problem as I get
> identical results as root. I have tried adding an entry to
> /etc/hotplug/usb/libsane.usermap but this made no difference.
>
> libusb is version 0.1.8
> sane is version 1.0.14
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Ian

If your using a HP scanner the HP driver hpoj at
hhttp://hpoj.sourceforge.net/
has support for scanners and sane, and is very well documented.
Builds under Slack 10 OK, install as root, ignore the error message.
touch a file into /etc/rc.d named rc.hpoj
containing the text /usr/local/sbin/ptal-init start.
make it executable.
And finally most important move the rc.hpoj start up script in /etc/rc.M
to before the cups start up script, hpoj must start before cups, the
default in Slacware 10 starts it to late.

If you have a non HP printer and a HP scanner I have no idea whether
this will work or not.

On 2004-08-22, ruffrecords <ruffrecords@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am haaving trouble getting my usb scanner to work with sane under
> slack 10. Basicaly the scanner is not detected sort of. scanimage -L
> gives no scanner found but sane-find-scanner correctly finds and
> identifies it (found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x2f11) at
> libusb:001:002). I don't think it is a permissions problem as I get
> identical results as root. I have tried adding an entry to
> /etc/hotplug/usb/libsane.usermap but this made no difference.
>
> libusb is version 0.1.8
> sane is version 1.0.14
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Ian

What kernel are you running? 2.4 or 2.6? Makes a difference!
--
Email is wtallman at olypen dot com

name wrote:
> On 2004-08-22, ruffrecords <ruffrecords@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I am haaving trouble getting my usb scanner to work with sane under
>>slack 10. Basicaly the scanner is not detected sort of. scanimage -L
>>gives no scanner found but sane-find-scanner correctly finds and
>>identifies it (found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x2f11) at
>>libusb:001:002). I don't think it is a permissions problem as I get
>>identical results as root. I have tried adding an entry to
>>/etc/hotplug/usb/libsane.usermap but this made no difference.
>>
>>libusb is version 0.1.8
>>sane is version 1.0.14
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>Ian
>
>
> What kernel are you running? 2.4 or 2.6? Makes a difference!

2.4.26 according to uname. I noticed the usblib must have for 2.6 but
that does not apply and usblib is installed anyway. Strange thing is
I have Mandrake 9.2 on another partition and this scanner works fine
with it. For clarity it is an HP PSC1205 which is a printer, scanner,
copier. Printing works fine with cups on slack and Mandrake. I think
ny hotplug entry is working because sane-find scanner now returns
'found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [Hewlett-Packard], product=0x2f11
[psc 1200 series]) at libusb:001:002' i.e it now can translate the
manufacturer and product numbers. I have tried chmod a+rw in the
appropriate proc file but this makes no difference.

Ian

ruffrecords (ruffrecords@yahoo.com) writes:
> name wrote:
>> On 2004-08-22, ruffrecords <ruffrecords@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I am haaving trouble getting my usb scanner to work with sane under
>>>slack 10. Basicaly the scanner is not detected sort of. scanimage -L
>>>gives no scanner found but sane-find-scanner correctly finds and
>>>identifies it (found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x2f11) at
>>>libusb:001:002). I don't think it is a permissions problem as I get
>>>identical results as root. I have tried adding an entry to
>>>/etc/hotplug/usb/libsane.usermap but this made no difference.
>>>
>>>libusb is version 0.1.8
>>>sane is version 1.0.14
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>>
>>>Ian
>>
>>
>> What kernel are you running? 2.4 or 2.6? Makes a difference!
>
> 2.4.26 according to uname. I noticed the usblib must have for 2.6 but
> that does not apply and usblib is installed anyway. Strange thing is
> I have Mandrake 9.2 on another partition and this scanner works fine
> with it. For clarity it is an HP PSC1205 which is a printer, scanner,
> copier. Printing works fine with cups on slack and Mandrake. I think
> ny hotplug entry is working because sane-find scanner now returns
> 'found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [Hewlett-Packard], product=0x2f11
> [psc 1200 series]) at libusb:001:002' i.e it now can translate the
> manufacturer and product numbers. I have tried chmod a+rw in the
> appropriate proc file but this makes no difference.
>
> Ian
>
>
I have no answer, but the fact that the scanner does work with another
distribution should offer some clues.

I got a scanner a few months ago, and I had problems getting it to work,
so I put it aside as other things came along. The fact that it's the first
USB device I've ever had leaves me with little knowledge of what should
be happening. I am on the verge of throwing on another distribution
in another partition, just to get some clues from another stand point.

Michael

Michael Black wrote:
> ruffrecords (ruffrecords@yahoo.com) writes:
>
>>name wrote:
>>
>>>On 2004-08-22, ruffrecords <ruffrecords@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am haaving trouble getting my usb scanner to work with sane under
>>>>slack 10. Basicaly the scanner is not detected sort of. scanimage -L
>>>>gives no scanner found but sane-find-scanner correctly finds and
>>>>identifies it (found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x2f11) at
>>>>libusb:001:002). I don't think it is a permissions problem as I get
>>>>identical results as root. I have tried adding an entry to
>>>>/etc/hotplug/usb/libsane.usermap but this made no difference.
>>>>
>>>>libusb is version 0.1.8
>>>>sane is version 1.0.14
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Ian
>>>
>>>
>>>What kernel are you running? 2.4 or 2.6? Makes a difference!
>>
>>2.4.26 according to uname. I noticed the usblib must have for 2.6 but
>>that does not apply and usblib is installed anyway. Strange thing is
>>I have Mandrake 9.2 on another partition and this scanner works fine
>>with it. For clarity it is an HP PSC1205 which is a printer, scanner,
>>copier. Printing works fine with cups on slack and Mandrake. I think
>>ny hotplug entry is working because sane-find scanner now returns
>>'found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [Hewlett-Packard], product=0x2f11
>>[psc 1200 series]) at libusb:001:002' i.e it now can translate the
>>manufacturer and product numbers. I have tried chmod a+rw in the
>>appropriate proc file but this makes no difference.
>>
>>Ian
>>
>>
>
> I have no answer, but the fact that the scanner does work with another
> distribution should offer some clues.
>
> I got a scanner a few months ago, and I had problems getting it to work,
> so I put it aside as other things came along. The fact that it's the first
> USB device I've ever had leaves me with little knowledge of what should
> be happening. I am on the verge of throwing on another distribution
> in another partition, just to get some clues from another stand point.
>
> Michael

That would be my next move too but I thought it was worth checking
with other slackers first.

Ian

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