On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, stef wrote: > On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 08:08:37PM -0600, s...@bob-n.com wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 s...@bob-n.com wrote: > > > > > > One thing that may be worth trying, is to build the backend > > > > with no ppdev > > > > support (by undefining HAVE_LINUX_PPDEV_H in include/sane/config.h). > > > > The backend will > > > > fall back to direct I/O and so will have to be run with root's > > > > priviledges. > > > > > > > > > > OK, I'll give this a shot. > > > > > > Results were less than optimal: > > > > # /usr/local/src/sane-backends-1.0.6/tools/umax_pp -p -t 255 > > [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of umax_pp_low to 255. > > [umax_pp_low] *** Direct I/O or ppdev unavailable, giving up *** > > failed to gain direct acces to port 0x378! > > > > > > This message means that no direct I/O nor ppdev support was built in. > > If you are using CVS version, you'll to add '--enable-directio' to > configure > option to allow direct I/O. > > > Regards, > Stef
No, I was using the sane-backends-1.06 downloaded as a part of a tar.gz. Should I still ./configure with --enable-directio? - Bob Niederman
