>>On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 07:01:02PM +0000, E GCP wrote: > >I have a Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL scanner. I'm trying to make it work >with >Linux. I have RedHat9, sane-backends-1.0.12-4, >sane-frontends-1.0.11-3, and >xsane-0.91-1 installed. lsmod shows that the > generic SCSI support is >loaded: >[...] >>I know ScanMaker 9800XL is not on the list of SANE supported scanners, but > >when I type "sane-find-scanner" I get: >[...] >>found USB scanner (vendor=0x05da, product=0x20de) at libusb:002:002 > >The scanner is connected to the USB port. I don't have a SCSI card.
>The scanner does have both USB and SCSI connectors? It has SCSI, USB, and FireWire connectors. >>However, when I try "scanimage -L" I get: >>No scanners were identified. >As it's not supported, that's expected behaviour also. >>I searched the sane-devel list and Google for any information related to > >this scanner working in Linux and I couldn't find anything relevant. >You could start by providing an output of "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices" >when the scanner is plugged in. Here is the output from "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices": T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00 S: Product=USB UHCI Root Hub S: SerialNumber=bf20 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=03 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=05da ProdID=20de Rev= 0.00 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none) E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 8 Ivl=0ms T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00 S: Product=USB UHCI Root Hub S: SerialNumber=bf80 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms Any similarities with other Microtek scanners? It supposedly replaces the 9600XL. Thanks, Enrique _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
