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Epson Perfection 1670 USB Scanner
I (mistakenly) purchased an Epson 1670 USB scanner two months ago. I am close to giving up on it, but I can't return it. Here's the deal:
Sane recognizes the scanner using libusb. After finally figuring out that I needed to set permissions, xsane will boot. When trying to scan from 'scanimage' or 'xsane', It times out. Grrr. For a while, I was getting a steady green light until I tried to scan, whereby it would flash alternately blue and green Somewhere along the line I fubared and it now is steady blue. Anyone with similar problems? Solutions? Oh, yeah. I'm on Fedora Core 1 kernel 2.4.22-1.2140.nptl Here's your code printouts: 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. found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8, product=0x011f) at libusb:004:004 # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. # Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports can't be # detected by this program. # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as # necessary. scanimage scanimage: open of device snapscan:libusb:004:004 failed: Error during device I/O dmsg | grep usb bash: dmsg: command not found [damon@~]: dmesg | grep usb usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 20:26:44 Jan 6 2004 usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xff80, IRQ 11 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xff60, IRQ 10 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xff40, IRQ 9 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4 usb.c: registered new driver hiddev usb.c: registered new driver hid usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usbdevfs: remount parameter error usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb.c: USB device not responding, giving up (error=-110) usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb.c: USB device not responding, giving up (error=-110) usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x11f) is not claimed by any active driver.usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_BULK failed dev 4 ep 0x81 len 8 ret -110 usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 4 rqt 128 rq 6 len 100 ret -110 usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 4 rqt 128 rq 6 len 100 ret -110 |
I have a 1660 photo working well with sane.
Do "lsmod" and post the usb modules loaded. |
I'm at work right now, but I'll post them over lunch. However, the 1660 (which is what I ment to buy) is VERY different from the 1670, or at least that's what I've read.
We'll give it a shot, though. |
/sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted floppy 57308 0 (autoclean) sr_mod 17400 0 (autoclean) emu10k1 67368 1 (autoclean) ac97_codec 16712 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1] sound 72276 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1] soundcore 6468 7 (autoclean) [emu10k1 sound] agpgart 55492 0 (unused) parport_pc 18756 1 (autoclean) lp 8580 0 (autoclean) parport 37056 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] autofs 12084 0 (autoclean) (unused) e1000 71232 1 ipt_REJECT 4216 1 (autoclean) ipt_state 1080 1 (autoclean) ip_conntrack 28136 1 (autoclean) [ipt_state] iptable_filter 2444 1 (autoclean) ip_tables 15008 3 [ipt_REJECT ipt_state iptable_filter] microcode 4188 0 (autoclean) ide-scsi 12016 0 scsi_mod 110280 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi] ide-cd 34432 0 cdrom 34592 0 [sr_mod ide-cd] keybdev 2656 0 (unused) mousedev 5268 0 (unused) hid 23908 0 (unused) input 5888 0 [keybdev mousedev hid] ehci-hcd 20008 0 (unused) usb-uhci 26124 0 (unused) usbcore 78752 2 [hid ehci-hcd usb-uhci] ext3 71300 2 jbd Any ideas? |
Yes, try loading the usb scanner module,
Code:
modprobe scanner |
Well, it loaded. Nothing is better, though. If I power-cycle the scanner, I can get "scanimage -L" to work 1 time, then the scanner "freezes"
Grumble, Grumble, Grumble. BTW - 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. found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8, product=0x011f) at /dev/usb/scanner0 found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x011f [EPSON Scanner]) at libusb:004:002 # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. # Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports can't be # detected by this program. # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as # necessary. |
Ok, now check /etc/sane.d/epson.conf, you need to uncomment #usb /dev/usb/scanner0, its the last entry in my copy, and this is what I get when I search,
Code:
root@grendel:/etc/sane.d# sane-find-scanner |
I uncommented the line in the snapscan.conf file because that is the backend that supposedly supports the 1670. It still hangs. The strange thing is that there is a blue light, and the scanner doesn't want to do anything. A check of "dmesg | grep usb" tells me "usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout"
Code:
cat /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf |
Hmmm...and does anything happen if you use the epson backend? and have you tried the scanner utility from epson japan?
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Code:
[root@/etc/sane.d]: sane-find-scanner |
Bummer.
Ok, you have checked the device permissions? The Epson driver can be had here, http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/index.html Not all models are supported though. If these last two things don't work then you may have to consider selling it to a windows friend :-( |
First off, thanks for all of your help.
I have played with device permissions. The Epson Kiowa drivers do not support the 1670. I found some interesting info on the sane-devel mailing list: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/piper...er/009696.html I really don't want to have to sell it, as I will most certainly lose $$$. Oh well. |
Ok. :newbie: error. Here's the slightly long explaination:
I had the scanner working once upon a time from sane-backends compiled from source (1.0.13 or something) I upgraded to Fedora Core 1, and thought that the new sane-backends were installed. They were not. I have been banging my head against this for a couple weeks, not realizing that my backend had been de-graded. Oops. Thanks again for your help. The scanner works fine now that I upgraded the backends. |
lol
Your welcome :-) |
Thanks for the post. This fix works on SuSE 8.2 and 9.0. Please remember to build the sane-backends FROM SOURCE, on SuSE the binaries will complain and if you force the install you may break other packages.
If anyone needs the firmware please email me and I will post it on my web site. cheers ted |
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