On Mar 24, 2014, at 7:02, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Howdy, > > This is confusing. A month or so ago, my HP 5300C scanner worked just > fine. I plugged it in today, it doesn't show up. When I type lsusb, I > get this: > > root@fireball / # lsusb > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root > hub > > > Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0764:0501 Cyber Power System, Inc. CP1500 AVR > UPS > > > Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root > hub > > > Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root > hub > > > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root > hub > > > Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc. M90/M100 Optical > Mouse > > > Bus 005 Device 003: ID 22b8:6402 Motorola > PCS > > > > Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root > hub > > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root > hub > > > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root > hub > > > Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root > hub > > > Bus 008 Device 002: ID > 2109:3431 > > > > Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > root@fireball / # > > No scanner there. I thought maybe the cable was bad, plugged in my > printer with the same cable and the printer shows up just fine. I have > tried both a 3.11.6 and 3.13.6 kernel thinking just maybe it was a bug > but I'm pretty sure I was using 3.11.6 last time. Here is a list of usb > and sane packages installed:
Well I had a similar problem with a samsung scanner printer not showing up in lsusb. Dmesg show irregularly some messages while plugging and un plugging. I tracked the problem down to a broken physical connection (usb connector / cable). So changing the cable and port and hard reseting scanner corrected my problem. > As you can tell, there is not one there. Other places say it is > obsolete but thought it worth a mention. I checked permissions on the > nodes in /dev. They are root/usb. I also made sure I am in the scanner > and usb groups as well. It seems to me that until lsusb sees the > scanner, not much else matters. So far, no luck. > > I figure it is something so simple that I am just plain over looking the > obvious. Anyone got any ideas? I got some really old family photos I > want to start scanning. >
