scanners don't work on my system!!! i've tried three scanners. two of which were admittedly unsupported, but the third of which is supposedly fully supported by sane. they were all usb. this last one is an epson perfection 640u. here's what happens: i plug in the scanner. quoth /var/log/messages: Oct 28 22:36:49 cobaltdhcpb60 /sbin/hotplug: arguments (usb) env (DEVFS=/proc/bus/usb OLDPWD=/ PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin ACTION=remove PWD=/etc/hotplug SHLVL=1 HOME=/ DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/002/006 PRODUCT=4b8/10c/1 TYPE=255/0/255 DEBUG=kernel _=/bin/env) Oct 28 22:36:49 cobaltdhcpb60 /sbin/hotplug: invoke /etc/hotplug/usb.agent () Oct 28 22:36:53 cobaltdhcpb60 kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:14.3-1.2, assigned address 7 Oct 28 22:36:57 cobaltdhcpb60 kernel: message.c: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Oct 28 22:36:58 cobaltdhcpb60 kernel: message.c: error getting string descriptor 0 (error=-110) Oct 28 22:36:58 cobaltdhcpb60 kernel: Manufacturer: EPSON Oct 28 22:36:58 cobaltdhcpb60 kernel: scanner.c: probe_scanner: User specified USB scanner -- Vendor:Product - 4b8:10c Oct 28 22:36:58 cobaltdhcpb60 /sbin/hotplug: arguments (usb) env (DEVFS=/proc/bus/usb OLDPWD=/ PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin ACTION=add PWD=/etc/hotplug SHLVL=1 HOME=/ DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/002/007 PRODUCT=4b8/10c/1 TYPE=255/0/255 DEBUG=kernel _=/bin/env) Oct 28 22:36:58 cobaltdhcpb60 /sbin/hotplug: invoke /etc/hotplug/usb.agent () Oct 28 22:37:01 cobaltdhcpb60 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup scanner for USB product 4b8/10c/1
(was that too much?) sane-find-scanner replied with: searching for USB scanners: checking /dev/usb/scanner... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner0... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner1... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner2... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner3... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner4... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner5... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner5... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner7... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner8... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner9... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner10... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner11... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner12... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner13... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner14... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usb/scanner15... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner0... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner1... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner2... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner3... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner4... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner5... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner6... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner7... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner8... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner9... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner10... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner11... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner12... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner13... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner14... failed to open (Invalid argument) checking /dev/usbscanner15... failed to open (Invalid argument) # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a driver for your USB host controller and have installed a # kernel scanner module. to which lsmod had this to say: Module Size Used by Not tainted lp 8128 0 (autoclean) 8139too 19092 1 mii 2188 0 [8139too] crc32 1764 1 [8139too] ide-scsi 9936 0 ide-cd 33896 0 scanner 11632 0 so, if anyone has any advice, that'd be great. if this email is too much, please tell me, and i can abbreviate the problem. thanks a lot, noah
