As a matter of update and additional information, here's what I find when I checked on my SCSI adapter.
cat /proc/scsi/scsi produced the following output: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: SONY Model: CDU5211 Rev: yys2 Type: cd-rom revision: 02 ANSI SCSI Please bear in mind that my system's CD Rom drive is indeed a Sony model, 52x, but it is connect to the motherboard with a simple ribbon cabble to a connector right next to the RAM slots. I called my system manufacturer and was assured that my system has a CD ROM with IDE interface. For reasons unknown to me, and perhaps very clear to some of you, my cd rom is somehow being associated with the SCSI card I have installed in my system for my scanner. Here's information from the card itself: SBC -2AA 94v-0 fcc id cmc 2502 27-95 rev b c2502-66500 3529 532 4HEGCPF 1) This is a mailing list. I'm not the only one who answers. Please do not direct mails to me. If I can, I will answer. But most of the time there are other developers or users who are qualified better. 2) Start a new thread when you don't respond to an existing message. If you want to ask about a different topic, do not reply to an existing message but write a new one. I nearly missed your message because it was inside this thread. Fair enough, Henning. I wouldn't want to answer everyone's questions directly either. > I am having trouble getting sane and xsane set up on my system. I > have an HP ScanJet 4c with the symbios SCSI card. It worked fine > under windows and I notice in the sane docs that it should work with > linux. > My problems may lie in the initial set up of sane, xsane and > sane-frontends in my debian linux system. >> For most scanners, it's not necessary to set up any part of SANE at all. I am running debian and have run apt-get install xsane as well as apt-get install sane. Yeah, likely redundant, but damn...I am just trying to get this scanner working. > I read that I could run 'sane-find-scanner' and yet even after > reinstalling sane and xsane, I could not run that command. >> You mean that that file is not found? So you didn't install it. Which version of SANE do you use? In very old versions sane-find-scanner was not installed. Yes, I mean if I run 'locate sane-find-scanner' nothing is returned except the prompt. How do I get that installed? > If I run 'locate sane' I get a host of directories where various sane > files and folders exist. I am wishing I could purge everything > related to sane from my system and then start afresh with a clean new > setup of sane. >>As for your scanner: First load the SCSI driver for your symbios scsi card and make sure it is detected (cat /proc/scsi/scsi). In loading my driver..where are suggesting I would find the driver files? Scott
