Re: microtek x6 (Firmware 1.3) problem

Bernd Schroeder (Bernd.M.Schroeder@gmx.de)
Wed, 19 May 1999 19:30:56 +0200 (MEST)

>
> Hello,
>
> first I would like to thank everyone contributed to sane!
>
> Unfortunately I have a problem with a Microtec ScanMaker x6.
> After nights and days of testing I have decided to ask you for advice.
> I would be very grateful for any hint.
>
> I tested the scanner with sane 1.0 (as distributed with SuSE 6.1)
> and sane 1.0.1 as well.
>
> The behaviour is as follows:
> I start xscanimage - seemingly with success.
> The log-window shows, that xscanimage is able to identify the scanner
> (see log-file below).
> I open the preview window and try to aquire the preview.
> The only result is, that the scanner gives some noise (for a few
> seconds) and xscanimage hangs. My impression is, that the whole
> system becomes very slow after the operation.
> Killing and restarting xscanimage does not show any result,
> i.e. xscanimage does not issue anything on the terminal.

[...]

> SuSE Linux 6.1 (i386) - Kernel 2.2.5 with AHA152x support compiled into
kernel
> boot with parameters aha152x="0x140,11,7,0,1"
> sane V1.0 / sane V1.0.1

If possible do not change the default settings for this adapter.
If the scanner moves the scanhead a little bit, this is usually
an indication, that the settings for disconnect/reconnect are
wrong. Try it with aha152x="0x140,11,7,1,1 . This is what I use
(with interrupt 10 instead of 11).

Once the scanner is running and you experience problems with
wrong (transposed) colors, you should download the 0.7 release
of the backend from

ftp://ftp.muc.de/people/bernds/mtek2

Bernd

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