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le_gaucher 11-21-2004 03:01 PM

scanner not detected
 
I'm having trouble detecting my scanner (CanoScan FB 320P).

According to the sane documentation this scanner is supported by xsane and its backend can be edited in canon_pp.conf.
However, when trying to detect it, i get nothing.

Code:

[root@localhost jeremie]# sane-find-scanner

  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

  # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a driver for your USB host controller and have installed a
  # kernel scanner module.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.

Code:

[root@localhost jeremie]# sane-find-scanner -v

searching for SCSI scanners:
checking /dev/scanner... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sg0... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sg1... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sg2... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sg3... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sg4... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sg5... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sg6... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sg7... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sg8... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sg9... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sga... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgb... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgc... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgd... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sge... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgf... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgg... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgh... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgi... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgj... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgk... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgl... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgm... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgn... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgo... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgp... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgq... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgr... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgs... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgt... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgu... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgv... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgw... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgx... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgy... failed to open (Invalid argument)
checking /dev/sgz... failed to open (Invalid argument)
  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

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)
  # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a driver for your USB host controller and have installed a
  # kernel scanner module.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.
done


any suggestions?

i'm running Fedora Core 3, i have the latest version of sane, the scanner is properly connected, etc.

rjlee 11-22-2004 08:40 AM

As far as I can tell from Googling, the CanoScan FB 320P is a parallel-port scanner.

In which case, make sure that you don't have a printer driver, or PLIP interface, attached to the same port as the scanner is on (if you have a pass-through port, it will be probably a different device, like /dev/lp1)

Also, make sure that the scanner driver is set up as per the instructions; most parallel port scanners cannot be autodetected.

le_gaucher 11-22-2004 10:29 AM

Update
 
thanks, just noticed that parallel port scanners are not detected automatically by sane-find-scanner.

I have nothing else connected to the parallel port. The scanner works fine under Windows 98.

I have updated the sane-backends which include sane-canon_pp which supports the FB320P.

I uncommented the canon_pp line in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf.

In /etc/sane.d/canon_pp.conf, the following are set:

Code:

ieee1284 parport0
calibrate ~/.sane/canon_pp-calibration-pp0 parport0
init_mode FB620P parport0

(I've also tries init_mode AUTO, same results)


After all that, when I run xsane, either in my account or as root, nothing is detected.

help!!, anyone that got a scanner to work on their parallel port....

Steel_J 11-29-2004 02:29 PM

See this thread. It may answer your question.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...andrake+update


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