Hmm ... no joy. See below. > USB scanner: > # There are two different methods of configuring a USB scanner: libusb > and the kernel module > # For any system with libusb support (which is pretty much any recent > Linux distribution) the > # following line is sufficient. This however assumes that the > connected scanner (or to be more > # accurate, it's device ID) is known to the backend. > #usb 0x04b8 0x010c > # For libusb support for unknown scanners use the following command > # usb <product ID> <device ID> > # e.g.: > usb 0x4b8 0x110 > # And for the scanner module, use the following configuration: > #usb /dev/usbscanner0 > #usb /dev/usb/scanner0
and > adam@Tux:~$ iscan > iscan: error while loading shared libraries: libesmod.so.1: cannot > open shared object file: No such file or directory 'sane-find-scanner' tells me > # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make > sure that > # you have loaded a driver for your USB host controller and have > installed a > # kernel scanner module. and I've donne the Epkowa thing as root ... > Not all distributions are created equal and one of the places that may > show is in the USB scanner devices provided. Should these be missing > on your system, you need to add these yourself. The information on how > to do this is buried somewhere in the Linux kernel documentation, so > we figured we dig it up for you. Here it is. Note that this only > applies to USB scanner devices for kernels that do not use the device > file system, a.k.a. devfs. > > First of all, you need to check what device name to use. This is > specified in /etc/sane.d/epson.conf and most likely is set to > /dev/usb/scanner0. I will use that in the remainder, adjust if > necessary. The USB scanner devices are allotted major 180 and minors > from 48 to 63, so you can use up to 16 USB scanners with your system. > Scanner users will need read and write access to the device. Device > nodes are made with the mknod and usually requires root permissions. > > If that was all Greek to you, don't worry, here are the commands to > add a working /dev/usb/scanner0: > > # mknod /dev/usb/scanner0 c 180 48 > # chmod 0666 /dev/usb/scanner0 > > The c up there indicates that a scanner is a character device, in case > you care. Any ideas folks ? It must be something simple. Adam Bogacki, a...@paradise.net.nz Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: >Adam Bogacki <a...@paradise.net.nz> writes: > > > >>Thanks Olaf. >> >>I'm trying to get my Epson Perfection 640U configured without success - >>'sane-find-scanne'r and 'xsane' tell me "no devices available". >>/usr/lib/sane/dll.conf contains 'net' followed by '0x04b8:0x010c' and >> >> > >You don't need anything after the net entry in dll.conf. > > > >>/etc/sane.d/epson.conf contains the line 'usb 0x04b8:0x010c' followed >> >> > >Replace the colon with a space: usb 0x04b8 0x010c > > > >>by ' usb /dev/usb/scanner0' >> ... but after reboot nothing ... and no response at #irc on FreeNode. >> >>What am I missing here ? >> >>Adam Bogacki, >>a...@paradise.net.nz >> >>Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: >> >> >> >>>Adam Bogacki <a...@paradise.net.nz> writes: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Thanks - where does one download < iscan-1.10.0-3.tar.gz > from ? >>>>Google gave one hit by that name. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>From http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/index.html. >>># Apologies for the questionnaire :-( >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>At the moment sane & xsane are not recognising my Epson 640U and I'm >>>>reading the 'man' files. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> > > >
