Hello, On Jun 19 19:09 Rajko M. wrote (shortened):
On Tuesday 19 June 2007 02:34, Johannes Meixner wrote:
On Jun 19 00:51 Rajko M. wrote (shortened):
This is first draft of article: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Rajko_m/wip
For your information:
I have a "Plustek OpticPro 9630P" parallel port scanner and at least this model works at least for me without any additional software like ppscsi.
I only activated the "plustek_pp" backend in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf and perhaps I adjusted /etc/sane.d/plustek_pp.conf (I don't remember exactly, I tested it some time ago) and finally I set the device file permissions so that a normal user could access it.
Therefore I suggest that you mention that at least some kind of parallel port scanners don't need additional software (but nevertheless need manual setup).
I would need to include more details based on list: http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html There is number of scanners that work without additional software. Though I would need more time and assistance to bring article in proper shape.
Of course there is no need that you write a comprehensive manual about all parallel port scanners. I like to point out that your current article seems to indicate that additional software is needed in any case to get a parallel port scanner working. A note that some parallel port scanners don't need additional software while others do and a hint to read the appropriate SANE man page (e.g. "man sane-microtek2" for your scanner) and a link to the SANE project page for the model-specific details is perfectly sufficient. I like to avoid that various users come up with problems how to compile and use kernel modules because your article may indicate that they need it in any case.
My scanner was one of those with problem to be recognized, after loading ppscsi and onscsi it was found by YaST.
The YaST scanner setup module does not serach at all for parallel port scanners. It calls /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/autodetect_scanners which is basically "sane-find-scanner -q" and this searches only for USB and SCSI scanners (see "man sane-find-scanner"). Your special SCSI modules make your parallel port scanner appear as a SCSI scanner so that it is then found by YaST and set up as a SCSI scanner as you described in your article. In contrast my parallel port scanner works as native parallel port scanner. Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org