Hi everyone, I would like to get some data points on which USB scanners are reported to work on FreeBSD (OpenBSD, NetBSD). Browsing the archives I found out that scanners supported by the epson and coolscan2 backends are reported to work.
The background of my question is: All my USB scanners can scan under the BSDs, but only once. On the second try to scan, the backends hang on the first write command to the scanner. If I unplug the scanner now, the USB port is disabled and I have to reboot to use the scanner again. Tested with FreeBSD 4.7, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. Tested with OHCI and UHCI hcds. Tested with libusb and the kernel scanner modules. Tested with Mustek ScanExperss scanners (600CU, 12CUU, ...) and GT6801-based scanner (BearPaw 1200CU). The result is always the same. A bug report for FreeBSD is here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=41281 I think it is a kernel bug because the above mentioned scanners are completely different. On the other hand other people seem to have no problems using their scanners with FreeBSD so maybe just my 2 systems behave unusualy? So I would like some reports about working scanners, especially if these scanners are from Mustek or are GT68XX-Based (artec Ultima, Mustek BearPaw series). Any other reports are welcome, too. Bye, Henning
