Hi,
I have a Umax 1220P parallel port scanner that I have sucessfully install=
ed=20
with SuSE 7.2 to use /dev/parport0 as both root and normal user.
Now I am trying to get it to work with a newer distro and wondered if som=
eone=20
could help out. And I realise that you all have work to do on 1.0.9!
I have tried SuSE 8.0, Mandrake 9.0 and now RedHat 8.0. In all cases I c=
an=20
only get it to work using directio (port 0x378) and not when I use ppdev=20
(port /dev/parport0).
I have spoken to Henning a couple of times on IRC (as "omnium") and he wa=
s=20
very helpful in getting my SuSE 7.2 setup working. However, he advised m=
e to=20
post to the list with this latest problem. I have copied "stefdev" too,=20
though I guess he subscribes to this list!
Here's what I've done so far.
I've made sure that the parport_pc and ppdev modules are installed:
# /sbin/modprobe parport_pc
# /sbin/modprobe ppdev
Then I have built the 1.0.8 backend, patched with the latest Umax 1220P p=
atch=20
from sourceforge (note: I get exactly the same results with 1.0.9-pre1):
$ tar -zxvf ~/sane-backends-1.0.8.tar.gz &> ~ryan/doc/untar-backends.t=
xt
$ zcat ~ryan/umax1220p-2.16.gz | patch -p1 &> ~ryan/doc/patch-backends.=
txt
$ ./configure --enable-parport-directio &> ~ryan/doc/configure-backends=
=2Etxt
$ make &> ~ryan/doc/make-backends.txt
$ su
(entered root password)
# tools/umax_pp -p -t 1
[sanei_debug] Setting debug level of umax_pp_low to 1.
[umax_pp_low] sanei_umax_pp_InitPort(0x378,(null))
UMAX 1220P scanning program version 2.10 starting ...
ppdev character device built-in.
direct hardware access built-in.
Probing scanner ....
[umax_pp_low] UMAX Astra 1220/1600/2000 P ASIC detected (mode=3D7)
[umax_pp_low] SlowNibbleRegisterRead: found 0x20 expected 0x0 \
(umax_pp_low.c:4757)
[umax_pp_low] 32 bits EPP data transfer
[umax_pp_low] Count-down value is 0xCF (umax_pp_low.c:5184)
[umax_pp_low] Scanner init done ...
[umax_pp_low] Probe done ...
[umax_pp_low] ReleaseScanner() done ...
[umax_pp_low] End session done ...
[umax_pp_low] InitTransport1220P done ...
[umax_pp_low] Park command issued ...
[umax_pp_low] ReleaseScanner() done ...
[umax_pp_low] End session done ...
UMAX Astra 1220P detected
# tools/umax_pp -p -t 1 -n /dev/parport0
UMAX 1220P scanning program version 2.10 starting ...
ppdev character device built-in.
direct hardware access built-in.
Probing scanner ....
[umax_pp_low] UMAX Astra 1220/1600/2000 P ASIC detected (mode=3D7)
[umax_pp_low] SlowNibbleRegisterRead: found 0x20 expected 0x0 \=20
(umax_pp_low.c:4757)
[umax_pp_low] 32 bits EPP data transfer
[umax_pp_low] Count-down value is 0xCF (umax_pp_low.c:5184)
[umax_pp_low] Scanner init done ...
[umax_pp_low] Probe done ...
Then the process hangs indefinitely. OK, so to get some debug, I install=
SANE=20
and test using scanimage:
# make install &> ~ryan/doc/makeinstall-backends.txt
# ldconfig
# vi /usr/local/etc/sane.d/dll.conf
[I remove the # from #umax_pp]
# SANE_DEBUG_UMAX_PP=3D255 scanimage -L
[sanei_debug] Setting debug level of umax_pp to 255.
[umax_pp] init: SANE_Auth_Callback not supported (yet) ...
[umax_pp] init: SANE v1.0.8, backend v1.0.8-devel
[umax_pp] init: evaluating option <option buffer 2097152>
[umax_pp] init: option buffer 2097152
[umax_pp] init: setting global option buffer to 2097152
[umax_pp] init: trying port `0x378'
[umax_pp] attach(0x378)
[umax_pp_low] SlowNibbleRegisterRead: found 0x20 expected 0x0 \
(umax_pp_low.c:4757)
[umax_pp] attach: device 0x378 attached
[umax_pp] get_devices
[umax_pp] unused arg: local_only =3D 0
device `umax_pp:0x378' is a UMAX Astra 1220P flatbed scanner
[umax_pp] sane_exit: (...)
So now I modify /usr/local/etc/sane.d/umax_pp.conf to change the port to =
"port=20
/dev/parport0" and re-run scanimage with no luck:
# SANE_DEBUG_UMAX_PP=3D255 scanimage -L
[sanei_debug] Setting debug level of umax_pp to 255.
[umax_pp] init: SANE_Auth_Callback not supported (yet) ...
[umax_pp] init: SANE v1.0.8, backend v1.0.8-devel
[umax_pp] init: evaluating option <option buffer 2097152>
[umax_pp] init: option buffer 2097152
[umax_pp] init: setting global option buffer to 2097152
[umax_pp] init: trying port `/dev/parport0'
[umax_pp] attach(/dev/parport0)
[umax_pp_low] SlowNibbleRegisterRead: found 0x20 expected 0x0 \
(umax_pp_low.c:4757) <-- ln 4588 with 1.0.9-pre1
=2E.. and then it hangs.
Does anyone have any idea of where I would start to solve this problem?
Help is very much appreciated.
Thanks for your time and sorry for sending such a long email.
Ryan.
