[sane-devel] scanbd daemon does not load firmware

2013-09-23 Thread Ilya V. Ivanchenko
Wilhelm, Great, thanks! --- Ilya >> Here's a patch that implements device insertion/removal hooks. I've >> tested it with scanbuttond backend and it solves the problem of firmware >> not being loaded to the scanner. > >thanks again. Just added the patches! -- next part -- A

[sane-devel] scanbd with sane backend - howto read buttons?

2013-09-20 Thread Ilya V. Ivanchenko
patch, but not enough to dig out all inner workings of both scanbuttonbd and sane. -- Ilya From: m. allan noah To: Ilya V. Ivanchenko Cc: "sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org" Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 4:20 AM Subject: Re: [sane-devel] s

[sane-devel] scanbd with sane backend - howto read buttons?

2013-09-19 Thread Ilya V. Ivanchenko
Is there a way to query button states in command line from sane or scanbd with sane backend? I want to see that I can read buttons first, then attempt again to configure scanbd with sane backend. So far I failed to get any response to buttons via sane backend. I checked "scanimage -h | grep bu

[sane-devel] scanbuttond backend for Epson GT-1500

2013-09-19 Thread Ilya V. Ivanchenko
Here's a patch that adds support for 5 buttons on Epson GT-1500 scanner using scanbuttond backend. -- Ilya -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

[sane-devel] scanbd daemon does not load firmware

2013-09-19 Thread Ilya V. Ivanchenko
Wilhelm, Here's a patch that implements device insertion/removal hooks. I've tested it with scanbuttond backend and it solves the problem of firmware not being loaded to the scanner. -- Ilya From: Wilhelm To: Ilya V. Ivanchenko Cc: "w.me

[sane-devel] scanbd daemon does not load firmware

2013-08-30 Thread Ilya V. Ivanchenko
Thanks, that clarifies the situation and also explains what you meant by the callback. This external hook should be given in configuration file, like in /etc/scanbd/scanbd.conf. Do you have a name you'd like for that option? -- Ilya -- next part -- An HTML attachment was

[sane-devel] scanbd daemon does not load firmware

2013-08-30 Thread Ilya V. Ivanchenko
ckend. Will that be a problem? If it is, then I don't have an option #2... or better said it gets very complicated very quickly. -- Ilya From: Wilhelm To: Ilya V. Ivanchenko Cc: "w.meier at unix.net" ; "sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org&

[sane-devel] scanbd daemon does not load firmware

2013-08-29 Thread Ilya V. Ivanchenko
>>>? 2. When using scanbuttond-backends, fix loading firmware on USB insert. >> >> what I could imagine is to fix this problem with a special >> shell-callback, when scanbd detects a device inserion / removal. > >Forgot to say: would you like to write a patch for that? I will provide >you with t

[sane-devel] scanbd daemon does not load firmware

2013-08-29 Thread Ilya V. Ivanchenko
Hi Wilhelm, >>> is there a special reason using the (old) scanbuttond-backends and not >>>sane-backends? >> I first tried sane-backends, and apparently it does not read the buttons >> for Epson GT-1500. > >did you use the epkowa backend? The sane-support-page says, that this >backend supports mo

[sane-devel] scanbd daemon does not load firmware

2013-08-29 Thread Ilya V. Ivanchenko
Hi Wilhelm, >is there a special reason using the (old) scanbuttond-backends and not? >sane-backends? I first tried sane-backends, and apparently it does not read the buttons for Epson GT-1500. I tried various things with sane-backends, but "scanimage -A" gives no button options and it was very

[sane-devel] scanbd daemon does not load firmware

2013-08-27 Thread Ilya V. Ivanchenko
I created a neat setup using xinet + scanbd service + scanbd daemon (for buttons) + sane (client) to use Epson GT-1500 (with ADF) as a workhorse of a network scanner, with scanner buttons hooked to various jobs. Everything is working great, except... I encountered a problem after the scanner is