On Tuesday 18 May 2004 00:28, David Johanson wrote: FJW> Frits Wüthrich wrote: FJW> > On my SuSE9.1 system, I am not able to configure my SCSI scanner through YAST. It didn't detect a scanner automatically, and then asks to select a scanner from the list below, but the window which should show the options is completely empty. FJW> > When I type in lsscsi I get: FJW> > FJW> > [0:0:2:0] scanner Color FlatbedScanner_9 0062 - FJW> > [0:0:3:0] scanner Color FilmScanner____1 0092 - FJW> > FJW> > At least the flatbed should be accasible, it worked fine under SuSE8.1, and even on this system with Vuescan which fine with both scanners. FJW> > FJW> > Any suggestions?> FJW> > FJW> > Frits Wüthrich FJW> > FJW> Evening Frits - FJW> FJW> Normally I wouldn't bottom post, I think it's a huge waste of effort, but just FJW> in case others are following, I'll try to "conform" to something I despise. Same for me, exactly. FJW> For starters, you say yast doesn't detect your scanners of I'm reading you FJW> correctly,. so let's start with a question and then by running an initial FJW> command. Since you have SCSI devices, you will require generic SCSI support, FJW> enabled in the kernel which 9.1 should offer as default, to get the scanner(s) FJW> to show up as a /dev/sg* character device. So run,as root,"cdrecord -scanbus" FJW> without the quotes. Here is my output: Cdrecord-Clone-dvd 2.01a27 (i686-suse-linux) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://www.suse.de/feedback Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. Linux sg driver version: 3.5.30 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (okir@suse.de-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.80-resmgr-patch '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.80 04/03/08 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) * 0,1,0 1) * 0,2,0 2) 'Color ' 'FlatbedScanner_9' '0062' Scanner 0,3,0 3) 'Color ' 'FilmScanner____1' '0092' Scanner 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * FJW> FJW> FJW> Now, still as root, run "sgcheck". Again, my results are below. Assignment of generic SCSI devices, device host/channel/ID/LUN type(numeric type) vendor model: FJW> (device) (Host/channel/ID/LUN) (Type) (Vender) (Make) <---- /dev/sg0 0/0/2/0 Scanner Color FlatbedScanner_9 /dev/sg1 0/0/3/0 Scanner Color FilmScanner____1 FJW> FJW> I added the <---- line just for clarity, you won't get it when you run the command. FJW> FJW> Now give everyone permission to use the scanner. Still as root, run: FJW> chmod 777 /dev/sg* FJW> where is * was provided to you by the sgcheck output. chmod 777 /dev/sg0 chmod 777 /dev/sg1 OK FJW> FJW> Still with me? O.K., now check to see that your user can see the scanner by FJW> running, as the USER, NOT root: FJW> scanimage -L device `snapscan:/dev/sg1' is a Acer FilmScanner____1 flatbed scanner device `snapscan:/dev/sg0' is a Acer FlatbedScanner_9 flatbed scanner FJW> This will ask scanimage, a command-line scanning program, to list the scanners FJW> it can see. Although I don't have a scanner hooked to this mail box, on the box FJW> with one of my c=scanners, a Umax AStra 2200 I get the following: FJW> "umax:/dev/sg5" is a Umax Astra 2200 flatbed scanner. FJW> FJW> Does this help? Yes, No? Yes, I can now see both scanners in YAST and configure the flatbed scanner. The filmscanner is not (yet) supported through sane. I can now also use bith scanners through vuescan on the user level, earlier I only could run them as root. I just used the flatbed using xsane, it works great. FJW> FJW> Give all this a go and then let me know what happened in each step. Perhaps the FJW> best way to reply would be in-line so that your results will easily correspond FJW> to my directions. I'm going to log out for a while to work on another box; I'll FJW> check back in about 30 - 45 minutes. FJW> FJW> dave FJW> FJW> FJW> -- FJW> David C. Johanson FJW> Linux Counter # 116410 FJW> Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 FJW> FJW> People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond FJW> it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to FJW> think at all. -- Goethe FJW> FJW> Dave, thanks so much for your help. This is another one from my list of things to fix on my SuSE9.1 -- Frits Wüthrich