Re: Sane, Microtek E3, and Alpha Linux...

Brian Schau (bsc@fleggaard.dk)
Sun, 10 May 1998 17:06:08 +0200

Brian Macy wrote:
>
> >> For the life of me I can't figure out what is wrong. I am using 0.71
> (tried
> >> 0.72 and it made no difference). I installed using the Alpha RPM.
> >>
> >> - basically nothing is working
> >> - the /usr/lib/libsane.so.0 link doesn't get created so I linked it to
> >> /usr/lib/libsane-dll.so.0... I assume that is correct.
> >> - this is my /proc/scsi/scsi:
> >> Attached devices:
> >> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> >> Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15230W SUN4.2G Rev: 0738
> >> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> >> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
> >> Vendor: QUANTUM Model: LIGHTNING 730S Rev: 241E
> >> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> >> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
> >> Vendor: QUANTUM Model: FIREBALL1080S Rev: 1Q08
> >> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> >> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
> >> Vendor: Model: Scanner Rev: 1.80
> >> Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> >> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
> >> Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM XM-3601TA Rev: 0725
> >> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> >>
> >> - scanimage --list-device returns nothing.
> >>
> >> This is my first shot at getting this working so I'm hoping it is
> something
> >> simple.
> >
> >link /dev/scanner to the proper (generic scsi) device and make sure the
> >user has right to use this device. the 0.72-6 rpm should be fine.
>
> I tried that to no avail. Of course I'm not sure which device is the correct
> one... I think /dev/sge but I tried them all. You wouldn't happen to know if
> "generic SCSI" support needs to be compiled into the Linux kernel?
>
> Brian Macy

I haven't been following this thread from the start (just subscribed -
hope somebody will help me solve my problem ;o) but it shouldn't be
necessary to have "Generic SCSI" compiled into the kernel. I use it as
a module.
What does an 'find-scanner -v' tell you?

Regards,

Brian

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