On Sunday 23 April 2006 20:07, Richard England wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 23 April 2006 16:53, Richard England wrote: >>> I've recently updated from FC4 to FC5 and attached my Canon LiDE 30 >>> scanner. This scanner works under FC3. I never tried it on FC4 >>> before updating the machine. I can't seem to get it to be >>> recognized except as root. Even then, when I attempt to scan >>> something, I get a "Failed to start scanner: Device busy" error. >>> >>> #scanimage -L >>> device 'plustek:libusb:001:004' is a Canon N1240U/LiDE30 USB >>> flatbed scanner >>> >>> My research, to date, shows that part of the problem might be that >>> /etc/hotplug/usb/libusbscanner might be missing. >>> >>> Is there some step I've missed here? Has anyone else been >>> successful in getting a USB scanner to function and can they shed >>> any light on this situation? As far as I can tell sane-backend is >>> as update to date as the repositories allow. >> >> Sane itself should have no trouble at all recognizing it. My sane >> is a wee bit ancient here, but I've got a lappy with FC5 on it and >> the cable is portable so lets see if I have a problem. The scanner >> is an epson 1250u, uses the same plustek library AFAIK.. And I'm >> running as root ATM on the FC5 lappy. >> >> Plugged the usb cable into the lappy, ran xsane, clicked thru the >> license, it found it as an Epson Prefection 1250/Photo:002, so I >> stuck a piece of paper on the bed & told it to get a preview. It >> waited for over a minute before starting the scan, presumably to let >> the lamp warm up, and the preview looks plumb normal to me. Rather >> looks like another piece of gear I take along to the job. That and >> my trusty old Epson C82, or get a newer lookalike, its truely been a >> hockey puck for about 4-5 years now. Both it and the scanner have >> been used fairly hard. >> >> The only things I have in /etc/hotplug/usb are kino related. >> And there is no libusbscanner on the system according to locate. >> >> So I'm afraid its not going to be a lot of help to you, other than >> to suggest you may be barking up the wrong tree. Sorry. > >Thank you, Gene. > >At least I know what direction NOT to go in. > >Back to the Sane site and Google....but I'm running out of key > words.... :-} Thanks for the flowers although I didn't earn them by solving the problem. One of the things to do is to run xsane from a shell, so you get the error output in that shell, which can be enlightening from time to time. If you've done that, then you can safely ignore my prattling. -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
