scanner problem
hi i got a usb scanner 'mustek 1200 UB plus'. the scanner was working perfectly until i did an upgrade to kde. now the scanner it is not recognised properly from my system. i am running debian's woody with kernel 2.6.5.
aristos@debian:~$ scanimage -L device `gt68xx:libusb:002:002' is a Mustek BearPaw 1200 CU flatbed scanner aristos@debian:~$ , but when i am trying to create an image with scanimage, or launching xsane, errors appear that they can not find the device. any ideas? |
What errors are you getting?
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when i launch xsane, it searches for devices, and then it gives me an error which says:
Failed to open device 'gt68xx:libusb:002:002' Invalid argument also when i use the scanner in console as user (same happens as root: aristos@debian:~$ scanimage > test.pnm [gt68xx] Couldn't open firmware file (neither `/usr/share/sane/gt68xx/PS1fw.usb' nor `/usr/share/sane/gt68xx/ps1fw.usb'): No such file or directory scanimage: open of device gt68xx:libusb:002:002 failed: Invalid argument aristos@debian:~$ any ideas? |
i forgot to say that the correct firmware is 'sbfw.usb'
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As root do "sane-find-scanner" and post the output.
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debian:~# 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. # Also you need support for SCSI Generic (sg) in your operating system. # If using Linux, try "modprobe sg". found USB scanner (vendor=0x05d8, product=0x4002, chip=GT-6801) at libusb:002:002 # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. # Not checking for parallel port scanners. # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports # can't be detected by this program. debian:~# |
Did you try 'scanimage -L'?
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here is the scanimage as user. the same apply for root. it is not working.
aristos@debian:~$ scanimage -L device `gt68xx:libusb:002:002' is a Mustek BearPaw 1200 CU flatbed scanner aristos@debian:~$ |
Well it seems to find the scanner ok, the problem must be with the firmware file.
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thnks for the reply. ok now how do i overcome the problem? i am kinda new
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Make a copy of 'sbfw.usb' called 'PS1fw.usb' in "/usr/share/sane/gt68xx/"
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in that folder the only file that exists is sbfw.usb. there is nothing called PS1fw.usb!
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Yes, but the scanner is looking for PS1fw.usb, so do "cp sbfw.usb PS1fw.usb" and lets see if we can fool it with a name change.
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can you tell me the whole command including paths? kinda new.
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Ok, as root do the following,
Code:
cd /usr/share/sane/gt68xx/ [Edit: Remember that linux is case sensitive when you do the cp command.] |
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