Klaus Dahlke <klaus.dah...@gmx.de> wrote in message <20050611114324.5d6a74c4.klaus.dah...@gmx.de>
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 18:17:51 +0100 > Tony van der Hoff <t...@vanderhoff.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've persuaded my scanner to communicate with SANE over the USB, but am > > still failing to get it to scan. Maybe my configuration is at fault. > > > > SANE_DEBUG_UMAX=255 scanimage -d umax results as below, but I don't really > > understand what it's all about. Can anyone point me in the right direction, > > please? > > > > > > Hi Tony, > I operate also an ASTRA 2200 su. I gave a try to connect to USB, what eventually did a kind of work, when: > > - switch quality calibration off > - use only libusb, I have deleted scanner.o from /lib/modules or did compile the kernel without scanner support for USB to have connection only via libusb > > But I continued to run into problems when doing a couple of scans one after the other (see archives for details). So, I went back to SCSI which works still fine. SCSI driver is loaded during boot, and a small script adds an entry to /proc/scsi/scsi before xsane is called (scanner is usually switched off). > > Sorry for not having better news. Thanks, Klaus, Yes, I compiled the kernel without scanner support (not an option in 2.6.11, anyway). I've tried all sorts of settings in umax.config, with no success. I finally gave up on USB, and procured a SCSI card (Adaptec AVA2904, based on the AIC7856 chip set). This uses the same AIC7XXX driver as my main embedded SCSI disc interface. Now at least I can access the scanner, and, in part, it works; I can even get a scan out of it. The only problem is that it takes about 40 munutes hour to do so, apparently getting shading data; 64 lines of this, each taking about 30 secs. Could still be a SCSI problem, I guess. I had to get on with other work, and have plugged it all back into my XP <spit> box. Scanner Access Not Easy, in my experience <sigh>. I'll give it another go next week, but I don't really know where to go from here. Sad. -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshire, England
