noah wrote: > 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 >
Have you tried with another usb HCI? If you're using uhci, you can try usb-uhci instead (kernel configuration). Except that, I don't really know. You can try posting your message on linux-dev too (see linux-usb.org). Frank.
