Ok I got it to work. The problem...as always is SCSI :) I have found at least one configuraton that actuallly produces scans. its all pretty nifty when it works , now I just need to get better cables or drop the zip drive or something...blah.
Anyway thanks for the responses and sorry for the bother. -denis On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 12:11:51PM -0400, Denis Hainsworth wrote: > hey folks > > having an annoying problem...was wondering if anyone knew of any > debugging tools or info that might help here... > > Under Linux 2.4.7 (and 2.2.16) using sane 1.0.5 I have connected to my > Buslogic fast scsi PCI card an external ZIP, CDRW, and Astra scanner. > > This combo worked fine on my mac ... decided I'd like to use it all off > of my linux box. Moved the stuff over ... ended up upgrading to 2.4.7 > to get rid of some odd scsi problems when removing devices. can access > and use everything... > > sane/xsane talk to the scanner fine it seems...can turn the lamp on and > off .. however every scan and preview just gets me a blank page. The > lamp is on the scanner head moves in what seems to be a correct manner. > > I have tried rearranging the scsi devices on the chain...same thing. > > Is there any way to tell if sane/xsane is getting the data but not > interperting it right? Sane seems to be detecting the scanner as a 2200 > not an MX3. I think that should be ok but perhaps thats the problem? > > So any ideas would be most welcome. > > -denis > > -- > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > Denis Alan Hainsworth | http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~denis/ > de...@cs.brandeis.edu | "Life is just one big sad christmas." > _______________________________________________ > Sane-devel mailing list > sane-de...@www.mostang.com > http://www.mostang.com/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel -- _____________________________________________________________________________ Denis Alan Hainsworth | http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~denis/ de...@cs.brandeis.edu | "Life is just one big sad christmas."
