scanner not supported, is there a chance ?

qwijibow · 10-29-2003, 04:41 PM

Hi...
ive found out my flat bed scanner is not supported by linux.

but what exactly does that mean ?

is there a chance it will be supported in the next kernel (2.6)

or might i be able to find a specialised driver ?

or maybe wait for a new distro to support it ?

or does it mean it will never be supported, and i might aswell give up ?

finegan · 10-29-2003, 04:44 PM

The mane page for saned lists the "non-supported" scanners in a sort of order of precedence, plus there are a lot where the company that makes them just refuses to give out any specs... There's also hope that one of the CVS-only available "alpha" backends may work, what's the scanner model?

Cheers,

Finegan

qwijibow · 10-29-2003, 04:51 PM

Thaks for thr reply,

its a Mustek 1200 UB plus (connects via USB)

finegan · 10-29-2003, 06:28 PM

Mustek has recycled names here a lot and there's a big difference between these:

ScanExpress 1200 UB
Plus

ScanExpress 1200 USB
Plus

Or possibly a Bearpaw or a Paragon?

If its a ScanExpress 1200 UB Plus, there's an override option to get it to work. Edit the file:

/etc/sane.d/gt68xx.conf

And look for this bit at the top:

Code:

# gt68xx.conf: Configuration file for GT68XX based scanners
# Read man sane-gt68xx for documentation

##############################################################################
# Autodetect Mustek BearPaw 1200 CU, 2400 CU, Mustek ScanExpress 1200 UB Plus,
# Artec Ultima 2000, and several other GT-6801-based scanners
usb 0x05d8 0x4002

# Mustek BearPaw 1200 CU doesn't need any override

# Mustek ScanExpress 1200 UB Plus, Medion/Lifetec/Tevion LT 9452, Trust
# Compact Scan USB 19200 use that one:
#override "mustek-scanexpress-1200-ub-plus"
#vendor "Lifetec"
#model "LT 9452"
#vendor "Trust"
#model "Compact Scan USB 19200"

# Mustek ScanExpress 2400 USB

Uncomment the override line for the 1200, just take the # mark out of there, then save the file and try to start xsane.

Cheers,

Finegan

qwijibow · 10-30-2003, 09:06 AM

thanX... but i have no gt68xx file ?? or nothing even like it in that directory.

and i cannot execute xsane (i agree to terms and conditions, it then tells me i have no scanner, and exits)

qwijibow · 10-30-2003, 09:16 AM

Ahhh,, seems i need some highly experimental beta driver's
http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/gt68xx-backend/

ohh well, same as my winmodem, and that works far beter than it ever did under windows

finegan · 10-30-2003, 05:44 PM

You seem to have an old version of sane, the gt68xx looks to have been introduced in 1.0.9 or 1.0.10, (I haven't got it in 8 and I do in 10, so that's my guess). You might just want to upgrade sane from source.

Cheers,

Finegan