Hi, I can't really help you so I'm forwarding your answer to the mailing list again. Please respond to the list, not the author.
On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 11:25:44AM -0400, Ernie Schroder wrote: > > > > The device node for the pt_drv in /dev does exist and the user > > > > has access permissions for it? > > > > > > there is a /dev/scanner/pt_drv.(no /dev/pt_drv) Permissions are ok: > > > ls -l /dev/scanner/pt_drv0 > > > crwxrwxrw- 1 root wheel 40, 0 Dec 31 1969 > > > /dev/scanner/pt_drv0 > > This and the fact that there was a version conflict were the problems. I > created a sym-link to /dev/pt_drv and updated the driver version and I > have a scanner. > Some wierdness remains, though. A scan with xsane resulted in a > "squashed image with blocks of the image displaced in an overlapping > pattern. Using the same settings with xsane-gimp resulted in a good > scan. Does anyone have an idea of what is happening here? I'm using > xsane-0.86 xsane and xsane-gimp is the same program. It's only packaged differently by your distribution. Are you sure that it doesn't depend on the resolution or other settings? Could you scan a small example image and put it somewhere on the web? Bye, Henning
