NEW SCSI question...
Hi all... OK, I was able to dig up a better card and cable, my scanner now works. But I can get the system to only see the scanner when I turn it on BEFORE I boot the system. If I am running my computer and then turn on the scanner it is not seen. I tried "scsiadd" but it did not work. Is there a command that I can have the system look for new SCSI stuff? Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/bulletin/index.php Viel Feind -- Viel Ehr' Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/collection/index.php
On Thursday 12 January 2006 10:50, James Hatridge wrote:
Hi all...
OK, I was able to dig up a better card and cable, my scanner now works. But I can get the system to only see the scanner when I turn it on BEFORE I boot the system. If I am running my computer and then turn on the scanner it is not seen. I tried "scsiadd" but it did not work. Is there a command that I can have the system look for new SCSI stuff?
Try /bin/rescan-scsi-bus.sh or here's a script I used to use: #!/bin/sh echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 6 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi (change the address to be appropriate)
Thanks Bruce! This was what I was looking for! JIM On Thursday 12 January 2006 18:07, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Thursday 12 January 2006 10:50, James Hatridge wrote:
Hi all...
OK, I was able to dig up a better card and cable, my scanner now works. But I can get the system to only see the scanner when I turn it on BEFORE I boot the system. If I am running my computer and then turn on the scanner it is not seen. I tried "scsiadd" but it did not work. Is there a command that I can have the system look for new SCSI stuff?
Try /bin/rescan-scsi-bus.sh
or here's a script I used to use:
#!/bin/sh echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 6 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
(change the address to be appropriate)
-- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/bulletin/index.php Viel Feind -- Viel Ehr' Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/collection/index.php
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Thanks Bruce! This was what I was looking for!
JIM
On Thursday 12 January 2006 18:07, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Thursday 12 January 2006 10:50, James Hatridge wrote:
Hi all...
OK, I was able to dig up a better card and cable, my scanner now works. But I can get the system to only see the scanner when I turn it on BEFORE I boot the system. If I am running my computer and then turn on the scanner it is not seen. I tried "scsiadd" but it did not work. Is there a command that I can have the system look for new SCSI stuff?
Try /bin/rescan-scsi-bus.sh
or here's a script I used to use:
#!/bin/sh echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 6 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
(change the address to be appropriate)
-- I think it is the nature of the SCSI bus that you have to turn off
At 08:51 PM 1/12/2006 +0100, James Hatridge wrote: the computer, turn off the SCSI device, turn it back on, and then reboot in order to make the thing work. I find that this is the case in XP, and previous Windows. Now what causes the SCSI bus to fail in the first place, I don't know. I will try the above scheme in Linux. Does anybody know how to implement this in XP? What is the significance of the 1 0 6 0 ? --dm -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/227 - Release Date: 1/11/2006
On Thursday 12 January 2006 20:12, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Does anybody know how to implement this in XP?
Not me.
What is the significance of the 1 0 6 0 ?
Says that the device to be added is on scsi bus 1 and is device number 6 This was in a machine with two scsi controlers, thus the scsi bus 1.
Hi Doug et al... On Friday 13 January 2006 02:12, Doug McGarrett wrote:
I think it is the nature of the SCSI bus that you have to turn off the computer, turn off the SCSI device, turn it back on, and then reboot in order to make the thing work. I find that this is the case in XP, and previous Windows. Now what causes the SCSI bus to fail in the first place, I don't know. I will try the above scheme in Linux. Does anybody know how to implement this in XP? What is the significance of the 1 0 6 0 ?
I don't know anything about Windows, stopped using it after 3.1, anyway you can get Linux to see a SCSI device using "rescan-scsi-bus.sh". Doing this command under root will make the SCSI card relook for devices on the bus. I added a button to my KDE desktop to run this command. Now when I want to scan something I turn the scanner on, wait for it to warm up. Then I click on the rescan button, it asks for my root password and then runs. At that point the scanner is up and running without rebooting. The only pain is having to give my root word, but that's minor. hope this helps, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/bulletin/index.php Viel Feind -- Viel Ehr' Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/collection/index.php
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