Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB scanners and udev
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:23:46
Message-Id: 200703061822.03456.prh@gotadsl.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB scanners and udev by Barry.SCHWARTZ@chemoelectric.org
1 On Tuesday 06 March 2007 17:13:17 Barry.SCHWARTZ@×××××××××××××.org wrote:
2 > Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk> skribis:
3 > > Also not, perhaps, a 64-bit problem, but can someone please confirm
4 > > that they can plug a USB scanner in and have it work? I have an Epson
5 > > Perfection 640U which works under M$ but not Gentoo.
6 >
7 > I have some ancient UMAX scanner working. I don't remember everything
8 > that's necessary. I seem to have /etc/hotplug/usb/libusbscanner,
9 > /etc/hotplug/usb/libsane.usermap, /etc/udev/rules.d/99-libsane.rules,
10 > and /etc/udev/rules.d/92-scanner.rules. The last has just this in it:
11 >
12 > BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1606", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0230",
13 > GROUP="scanner", MODE="664"
14 >
15 > I don't know whether I put that there or portage did.
16
17 Hmm. I'm missing that file. I'll add it and see what happens. What
18 does "equery b /etc/udev/rules.d/92-scanner.rules" give on your box?
19
20 [Later...]
21
22 It didn't help.
23
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26 Peter Humphrey
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