hi Doug, glad that worked for you :-)
switching ports did not for me at all cheers rik On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Doug Morse <d...@dougmorse.org> wrote: > Hi rik (and others), > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > I did in fact resolved the problem, but before your post... > > I knew I wasn't crazy -- I HAD seen xsane work on the machine under > WUBI. So, I booted from the install CD and just ran in "Live CD" mode. > Still no joy. > > So then I rebooted a different machine -- a 5 mo. old laptop -- under > WUBI and hooked the scanner to that. No joy, no joy, no joy. > > So, since I had wiped WinXP off the target machine (my desktop machine, > 32bit), where the scanner has been working fine for years, I installed > the original Epson driver / software on the laptop booted under Windows > Vista. STILL no joy. I had inadvertently install the 32bit drivers > instead of the 64bit ones. So, I uninstalled the 32bit Epson > drivers/software and then installed the correct 64bit version. Still no > workie (although I had never had the scanner attached to this 64bit > laptop). > > At this point, I just wondered if the scanner had gotten into some weird > state. So, I installed the 32bit Epson drivers/software on an older > Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop running winxp sp3. FINALLY, my scanner worked > again. > > At that point, I attached it back to the original, target machine. In > so doing, I also plugged it BACK into its original USB port -- port 1, > which is farther from it -- rather than in port 4 where I had plugged it > into during the switch to Ubunutu because that port is physically > closer. > > The good news is that the scanner reset twice during boot -- which is > what it had always done under winxp on the same machine -- and low and > behold, xsane worked perfectly! > > So, I'm not sure if the scanner got into some odd state -- possible, but > I doubt it -- that hooking it up to an older Dell 32bit laptop fixed, or > if, more likely, SIMPLY SWITCHING THE USB PORT fixed things??!? > > The target machine / my desktop has an ABIT KT7A mb with two on-board > USB ports that I have never used for anything (they are USB 1.0 and > hence slow). When I got the scanner, I also purchased a StarTech USB > 2.0 4-port PCI card, and that provides the 4 ports I actually use. > > I've no idea why switching ports would matter, especially since /proc > and lsusb show the exact same information for the scanner whether on > port 1 or 4, but who knows. I suppose I could move the scanner over to > ports 2, 3, and 4, respectively, and see what happens -- and am happy to > do so if anyone needs me to -- but for now I'm simply happy that my > scanner is working and working reliably again. > > Thanks all, > Doug > > -- > failed to start scanner: Invalid argument > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478761 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- failed to start scanner: Invalid argument https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478761 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
