On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 05:21:08PM -0600, Horacio Samaniego wrote:
> Dear list members,
>
> I've been trying to install this HP scanner with partial to no
> success... I went through some of the messages that have been posted in
> the past addressing the issue but I seem to have no chance on htis
> matter....
>
>
> I use 2.4.20-19.9 kernel on RedHat and it seem that there actually is
> some communication between the computer and the scanner since I've got
> the scanner to turn the light on and move when I issue the probing
> command:
>
> umax_pp -p -t 1
>
> although it get "stuck" in an infinite loop or something ... (I have to
> turn the machine OFF to get out of this awfull freeze...). The same
> thing happens if I do
>
This is strange, even ran by root, it's a user process, and can be
killed.
If you have the occasion to test, I'd like to see the messages of umax_pp -p
-t 255
>
> umax_pp -s
>
> However, hen I issue this command:
>
> umax_pp -p -t 1 -n /dev/parport0
>
> I get,
>
> [root@localhost tools]# umax_pp -p -t 1 -n /dev/parport0
> [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of umax_pp_low to 1.
> [umax_pp_low] sanei_umax_pp_InitPort(0x378,/dev/parport0)
> [umax_pp_low] Using /dev/parport0 ...
> UMAX 1220P scanning program version 3.1 starting ...
> ppdev character device built-in.
> direct hardware access built-in.
> Probing scanner ....
> [umax_pp_low] UMAX Astra 1220/1600/2000 P ASIC detected (mode=7)
> [umax_pp_low] SlowNibbleRegisterRead: found 0x20 expected 0x0
> (../backend/umax_pp_low.c:5084)
> [umax_pp_low] RegisterRead, found 0xC7 expected 0x00
> (../backend/umax_pp_low.c:5164)
>
Hum, maybe the effect of previous tests. Try to run it again after
resetting the scanner as explained at hppt://umax1220p.sf.net .
> up to my understanding, this means that the scanner IS recognized to be
> attached at the first parallel port, right? So, I keep going but:
>
>
> scanimage -L responds with:
>
> No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something
> different,
> check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by
> the
> sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the
> documentation
> which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
>
By default, umax_pp backend isn't 'activated' by SANE's default
install. You
have to edit 'dll.conf' and remove te '#' on the line '#umax_pp' (ie un-commnet
the
Umax_pp backend).
>
> I would like to know what I'm doing wrong. Or is it that I should just
> give up on trying old hardware and sucumb to the consumerism that is
> imposed on us...?
>
> No, really, I would appreciate some help to have this work.
>
>
> sincerely,
> Horacio
>
>
>
>
> here are the loaded modules that lsmod gives me (among others):
> parport 37056 1 (autoclean) [ppdev parport_pc
> lp]
> parport_pc 19076 1 (autoclean)
> pcmcia_core 57216 0 [serial_cs xirc2ps_cs ds
> yenta_socket]
> ppdev 6796 0 (autoclean)
> ppp_async 9440 1 (autoclean)
> ppp_deflate 4504 1 (autoclean)
> ppp_generic 24444 3 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate
> ppp_async]
> scsi_mod 107544 3 [sg sr_mod ide-scsi]
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Horacio Samaniego <hora...@unm.edu>
> Dep. Biology, University of New Mexico
>
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Regards,
Stef
