plustek: problem getting Epson 1250 to work...
Subject:
Re: problem getting Epson 1250 to work...
From:
Gene Heskett ####@####.####
Date:
24 Jul 2002 14:38:23 -0000
Message-Id: <200207241018.30661.gene_heskett@iolinc.net>
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 09:46, Mark Cianfaglione wrote:
>Thanks Gene,
>
>I managed to get it to work with scanimage using the info provided
> (there was a previous version of sane and it's files were
> screwing me up) but it still doesn't work with xscanimage or
> xsane. It just says that there was an error during I/O or
> something to that point... My guess is that it's looking at an
> incorrect file somewhere but I've cleaned up all the old stuff (I
> think).
>
>About the light in the scanner... What's the mode of normal
> operation on it. It seems to come on but I haven't seen it go off
> yet... (I'm using the 43.1 release of the sane driver for the
> plustek/epson) I've ended up pulling the plug on the power to
> turn it off...
>
>Mark
Or you could rerun it using the iscan driver from epson which will
shut it off as it starts up. I currently have both enabled, and
xsane gives you a choice of which one to use as it starts. Finding
its power cord is inconvienient at best here...
On the 'can't find it' subject, I've found that the most foolproof
method for me is to go into the linux/drivers/usb kernel directory,
and add the scanners ident stuff to scanner.h in that directory,
just add another line in exactly the same style but with the ident
numbers of 0x04b8, 0x010f, and its name in the comment, then
rebuild and reinstall the kernel. It will then be seen in the
/var/log/dmesg file that it was found on the reboot.
I guess there are ways to add it to /etc/modules.conf, but after
having to re-install linux from the cd's once after making a typo
in that file, I tend to leave it alone if I can.
[snip old message]
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Cheers, Gene
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