Hi Chris, I did 'insmod sg' All it said was /lib/modules.../scsi/sg.o What should happen now? I still don't see my scanner in the cat /proc/scsi/scsi Thanks, Sundar Christian Klippel wrote:

hi sundar,

im not 100% sure but i think you have to enable the "scsi generic support" in the kernel configuration. this should be available as module as well. as module it is called sg.o , so do a "insmod sg" if you have this module already compiled.

greets,

chris

Am Sonntag, 10. Juni 2001 18:52 schrieb linux:

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Hello,

I am trying to configure my old UMAX Astra 610P scanner to my SuSE 7.1 Linux box. when I went through the archive, I was able to find Configure your scanner under yast. But it doesn't show my scanner at all. All it shows is my existing 2 scsi drive.

So, my question is how do I add my scanner as a SCSI drive to the system

Note: All I did was attach my scanner to the printer port and powered the scanner and then the system up.

Any help is appreciated

Thanks, Sundar

It is. I am trying to configure my scanner, I have connected it to my printer port. Wouldn't I be able to configure if it is parallel? If not, how do I connect to my computer and configure it. Cheers...! Sundar Brian Stevenson wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From: "linux" To: "Christian Klippel" Cc: "SuSE Linux" Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Configuring UMAX Astra 610P in SuSE 7.1 (Kernel 2.4)

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Hi Chris,

I did 'insmod sg'

All it said was /lib/modules.../scsi/sg.o

What should happen now? I still don't see my scanner in the cat /proc/scsi/scsi

Please excuse me for butting in here but doesn't the P in 610P stand for parallel?

Regards Brian

According to 'man sane-umax' parallell scanners of that brand aren't supported, and aren't likely to be either (of course that can change) Sorry Anders On Monday 11 June 2001 03:19, you wrote:

sundar narayanasamy wrote:

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It is. I am trying to configure my scanner, I have connected it to my printer port. Wouldn't I be able to configure if it is parallel? If not, how do I connect to my computer and configure it.

Cheers...! Sundar

Brian Stevenson wrote:

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----- Original Message ----- From: "linux" To: "Christian Klippel" Cc: "SuSE Linux" Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Configuring UMAX Astra 610P in SuSE 7.1 (Kernel 2.4)

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Hi Chris,

I did 'insmod sg'

All it said was /lib/modules.../scsi/sg.o

What should happen now? I still don't see my scanner in the cat /proc/scsi/scsi

Please excuse me for butting in here but doesn't the P in 610P stand for parallel?

Regards Brian

The 610P is not one of the Umax scanners which appears in the hardware support database...

http://cdb.suse.de/cgi-bin/scdb

On the other hand it's not down there as unsupported either. Besides that I doubt you'll have much luck configuring it as a generic scsi device and I'm not sure of the state of parallel device support for scanners ATM but it used to be very poor indeed. Personally I've never had cause to try setting up a parallel port scanner under linux, but perhaps someone who has done can help you out. I only pointed out the fact that you have a parallel port device to stop others from "barking up the wrong tree". Sorry I can't be of further help

ATB Brian