Stef, Thanks very much for your reply. I changed my umax_pp.conf file to read: ------------------------------- option buffer 8388608 port 0x378 option astra 2000
Then I ran the export command, then the scanimage command. The log contents are: ------------------------------------------------------------- [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of umax_pp_low to 1. [umax_pp_low] SANE_INB level 3 [umax_pp_low] sanei_umax_pp_InitPort(0x378,) [umax_pp_low] sanei_ioperm(0x378, 8, 1) OK ... [umax_pp_low] UMAX Astra 1220/1600/2000 P ASIC detected (mode=31) [umax_pp_low] registerRead, found 0xFF expected 0x00 (umax_pp_low.c:6633) [umax_pp_low] *** It appears that EPP data transfer doesn't work *** [umax_pp_low] *** Please read SETTING EPP section in sane-umax_pp.5 *** [umax_pp_low] Hardware can't do ECP, giving up (umax_pp_low.c:6856) ... [umax_pp_low] No EPP or ECP mode working, giving up ... (umax_pp_low.c:7475) The results surprised me. I ran ppdiag to check and got: --------------------------------------------------- S01: parport built as module S02: parport0: S02: modes:PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP S02: ADDR :0x378 S02: IRQ :no IRQ used S02: DMA :no DMA used S03: no parport parameters S10: ppdev built as module S12: /dev/parport0 exists ... S12: /dev/parport0 is readable ... S12: /dev/parport0 is writable ... successfull end .... I double checked my BIOS and it's set to EPP, port 378 and IRQ 7. So now I'm really stumped. Please point me in the right direction. If it's relevant: using RedHat 9, kernel is 2.4.20-20.9, xsane is version 0.96, sane-backend is: 1.0.14 with the 6.3 patch for umax_pp, mobo is an Intel 875PBZ. Joe PS: Sorry about RoadRunner blocking your replies. I don't know why. svo...@wanadoo.fr wrote: > On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 04:05:33PM -0500, Joe Henley wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I got the lastest version (patch) of umax_pp working on the latest >>version of Sane and XSane; those, in turn, run on Red Hat 9 Linux. I'm >>using an Astra 2000P scanner. The umax_pp config file uses: port >>/dev/parport0. The BIOS is set for EPP (ECP is not available in my BIOS). >> >>When I try to scan something at 300 DPI the scanner does a "four steps >>forward, one step back" dance. It takes a long time to complete the >>scan. If I scan at 150 DPI, the scanner does it all in one pass, >>without the "dance." If I dual boot into Win98 and use the scanner at >>300 DPI, no dance. >> >>Does anyone know how to get my scanner to scan at 300 DPI quickly, in >>Linux -- like it does in Win98? >> >>Thanks for any suggestions! >> >>Joe Henley >> > > > Hello, > > faster scan speeds are reached with direct hardware access. > You can change this in the umax_pp.conf file, set the 'port' option > to the address of your parallel port. > By default, the umax_pp backend tries to use ppdev which does > an extra data copy form kernel to usespace and slow down scans. You can > also check that your parallel port allows 4 bytes writes. In a command > shell do 'export SANE_DEBUG_UMAX_PP_LOW=1', then do 'scanimage -L 2>log'. > When finished search in it for a line : > [umax_pp_low] 32 bits EPP data transfer > > If you don't have it, it is certainly because your parallel port > is not correctly set by the kernel. In this case, using direct hardware > access may get around it. > > > Regards, > Stef > > > P.S. Got the mail you sent me, but couldn't answer because > http://security.rr.com blocked my mail. >
