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On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 16:44 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> Also not, perhaps, a 64-bit problem, but can someone please confirm that |
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> they can plug a USB scanner in and have it work? I have an Epson Perfection |
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> 640U which works under M$ but not Gentoo. |
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> I'm trying to follow gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_USB_Scanner, although |
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> it's not easy with so many variations being covered in the one document. I |
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> get as far as: |
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> # sane-find-scanner -q |
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> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x010c [Perfection640 ]) |
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> at libusb:002:007 |
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> ...but: |
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> # scanimage -L |
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> |
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> No scanners were identified. [...] |
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> I can locate the /dev/usbdev* devices that are created when I plug the |
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> scanner in; changing their ownership to root:scanner has no effect on |
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> scanimage. I am in the scanner group, but running as root makes no |
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> difference anyway. |
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> Udev is at version 106, kernel 2.6.20, hotplug is started in the default |
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> run-level (though it seems to make no difference); what else can I say? |
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> Do I have to write a udev rule? /lib64/modules/2.6.20-gentoo/modules.usbmap |
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> contains nothing pertaining to my scanner, or is this a red herring? |
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> /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug contains a single blank line. Another red herring? |
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> -- |
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> Rgds |
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> Peter Humphrey |
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> Linux Counter 5290, Aug 93 |
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Not solely a scanner, but my Brother MFC-6800 scans, and prints under |
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Gentoo, and it's attached via USB. It requires a bit of playing |
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with /dev directory permissions to allow the normal user to use it |
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however. FYI, I used Xsane, and followed the gentoo-wiki page. |
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