Hi, Ceri,
yes, my scanner is usb. It is essential that you have a kernel with proper
usb support. I don't know much about the latest 2.4.x kernels, for me version
2.2.18 is allright. I downloaded it as source from kernel.org and compiled it
(under Calder Open Linux 2.4) to suit my needs, espescially usb.
You can find most useful hints at http://www.linux-usb.org (and in your
kernel documentation at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/usb, esp. the file
scanner.txt), but I can give you the relevant kernel config info:
...
#
# USB support
#
CONFIG_USB=m
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
...
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
...
CONFIG_USB_UHCI=m ((yours might be: CONFIG_USB_OHCI=m, if in doubt, use both))
...
CONFIG_USB_SCANNER=m
All other options in the usb section are not set, as I don't have any other
usb devices.
After a successful kernel compile and installation of modules, you should
make known the new device to you system:
`mknod /dev/usbscanner0 c 180 48`
`ln -s /dev/usbscanner0 /dev/usbscanner`
`chmod 666 /dev/usbscanner0`
and load the modules:
'modprobe usb-uhci'
'modprobe scanner'
Then sane should recognize your scanner, but other problems might occur which
are device specific; see the faqs at the sane website.
BTW: Which scanner are you using?
Best wishes
KP
Am Montag, 16. April 2001 03:54 schrieb Ceri Hankey:
> Klaus-Peter,
>
> How did you get Linux to see your scanner? I have just compiled
> snapscan-20010411 and I cannot get the scanner recognised or even seen by
> Linux. Is your scanner a USB one (it must be looking at the model number).
> What is the secret to getting the USB connection to work?
>
> scanimage -L says ' No scanner detected...'
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