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timm

Member

From: Wisconsin

Registered: 2004-02-25

Posts: 417

Sane problems with HP3c scanner

I've got arch loaded on a machine connected via SCSI to an HP3c scanner.  The sane documents say it is supported.  I'm running udev, and have created a rule for the scanner.

When I run sane-find-scanner, it finds the scanner at .../sg0 and at .../scanner

If I then run scanimage -L, there is no response, it just sits there.  I'd read some reports of slow response, so I let it go overnight.  Nothing.

If I Ctl-C to end that, then try to sane-find-scanner, it reports that no SCSI scanners are found.

part of my dmesg output is as follows:

ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
   ACARD AEC-671X PCI Ultra/W SCSI-3 Host Adapter: 0 IO:1080, IRQ:10.
         ID:  2  HP      C2520A          3503
         ID:  6  iomega  jaz 1GB         H^72
         ID:  7  Host Adapter
scsi2 : ACARD AEC-6710/6712/67160 PCI Ultra/W/LVD SCSI-3 Adapter Driver V2.6+ac
  Vendor: HP        Model: C2520A            Rev: 3503
  Type:   Processor                          ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: iomega    Model: jaz 1GB           Rev: H^72
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
...
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi2, channel 0, id 2, lun 0,  type 3
Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi2, channel 0, id 6, lun 0,  type 0

Any idea what's going on here?

vacant

Member

From: downstairs

Registered: 2004-11-05

Posts: 816

Re: Sane problems with HP3c scanner

It's a long shot, but I seem to remember having similar problems with an Epson 1260 and my notes from the time say:

"try SANE_CONFIG_DIR=/etc/sane.d in /etc/profile"

There's a debug switch you can set to various levels which will tell you where scanimage is looking for config files plus much more (man scanimage gives "SANE_DEBUG_DLL=3 scanimage -L" as an example).

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Yes, I'm one of those people that document how they solved their problems plus I do weekly backups
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timm

Member

From: Wisconsin

Registered: 2004-02-25

Posts: 417

Re: Sane problems with HP3c scanner

I tried your suggestion for etc/profile, but it didn't solve the problem.  I've run the DEBUG scanimage, but can't figure out how to get the output from that into a file to post.  I thought if I used a > to a file name it would work, but it doesn't.  If I can't figure it out, I'll write it down manually when I have the time.