What kind of scanner is it? To get my Epson USB scanner working, I had to pass some args to the scanner.o module telling it what type of scanner it was, something like vendor=xxx and type=xxx. Should be on the page for Sane. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Meyerhoff [mailto:rick at eworld3.net] > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:39 PM > To: TCLUG > Subject: [TCLUG] scanner help needed > > > Someone at the last installfest gave me a USB scanner but I have not > been able to get it working. I have never worked with any > scanner before. > > I am running Mandrake 9.1 & I installed SANE. I've read all the man > pages and searched the web but I can't figure out why it does > not work. > > - When I turn on the scanner, I get an Xsane icon on my desktop. > > - The Mandrake control center, ScannerDrake sees the scanner. > > - SANE supports the scanner. > > - The device gets created: > $ ll /dev/usb > total 0 > crw-rw---- 1 rick usb 180, 48 Dec 31 1969 scanner0 > drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 tts/ > > - When I try to use Xsane, it says: > "Failed to open device 'snapscan:/dev/usb/scanner0': Invalid argument" > > - scanimage is similarly unhappy: > $ scanimage > [snapscan] download_firmware: No firmware entry found in config file > snapscan.conf. > scanimage: open of device snapscan:/dev/usb/scanner0 failed: Invalid > argument > > I can't figure out what argument it is talking about? > -- > Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff > rick at eworld3.net > 952-929-1659 > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list