You need to configure your hotplug system - this will then create the scanner device for you once the scanner is connected to the system. I'm not familiar with Gentoo, so I don't know how this is done with your system.
On Oct 24, 2005, at 6:40 PM, dark_m...@gmx.net wrote: > I'm using an Epson Stylus Photo RX 420 (scanner-printer-combo) on a > Gentoo machine (Kernel 2.6.13). > > Sane is version 1.0.15 (back- and frontend). > > My problem is the following: > > sane-find-scanner detects my scanner correctly: > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x080f [USB MFP]) at > libusb:001:004 > > But I don't find a device for the scanner anywhere. I even created a > /dev/usb/scanner0 by hand, but that didn't help me, either. > > I also tried iscan, but it only says that it can't connect to the > scanner and that I should make sure the scanner is on. > > I've also received some strange error messages when attempting to > start > saned by hand: > > saned[7350]: saned (AF-indep+IPv6) from sane-backends 1.0.15 ready > saned[7350]: check_host: getpeername failed: Socket operation on > non-socket > saned[7350]: init: access by host [error] denied > saned[7350]: quit: exiting > > I tried both automatic product/vendor discovery and fixed IDs in > /etc/sane.d/epson.conf > > sane-find-scanner -vv gives me the following output (I skipped the > SCSI > part): > > > searching for USB scanners: > checking /dev/usb/scanner... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner0... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner1... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner2... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner3... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner4... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner5... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner5... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner7... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner8... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner9... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner10... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner11... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner12... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner13... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner14... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usb/scanner15... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner0... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner1... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner2... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner3... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner4... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner5... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner6... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner7... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner8... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner9... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner10... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner11... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner12... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner13... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner14... failed to open (Invalid argument) > checking /dev/usbscanner15... failed to open (Invalid argument) > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x080f [USB MFP]) at > libusb:001:004 > > > Could anybody give me a hand with this? > > The printer part works well with cups, and the kernel even seems to > have > found the built-in card-readers: > > > ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: wakeup > usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 > drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 > if 1 > alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x080F > scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > usb-storage: device found at 5 > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > > Vendor: EPSON Model: Stylus Storage Rev: 1.00 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > usb-storage: device scan complete > scsi.agent[8244]: disk at > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.2/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.2/host3/ > target3:0:0/3:0:0:0 > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org >
