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adamorjames

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Registered: 2008-08-31

Posts: 7

USB Scanner Problem: "scanimage -L" shows a webcam and nothing else

I have a Dell Vostro  1500 laptop with a built-in webcam running Arch Linux 32 bit (kernel 2.6.26). I'm trying to get a USB scanner, that is a Microtek ScanMaker 5900, to work. I was following the USB scanner guide on the Arch Linux wiki when I ran in to a road block, which is that when I do, "scanimage -L" it outputs, "device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname Laptop Integrated Webcam virtual device" with nothing about a scanner. I have tried changing which USB port I use and it doesn't fix anything. Can someone help me, please?

EDIT:
When I run "sane-find-scanner", it gives "found USB scanner (vendor=0x05da, product=0x30d8 [USB2.0 SCANNER]) at libusb:005:008".

Last edited by adamorjames (2008-08-31 04:22:01)

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

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Re: USB Scanner Problem: "scanimage -L" shows a webcam and nothing else

What's the output of 'ls -l /dev/sg*'? Are you in the scanner group?

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adamorjames

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Registered: 2008-08-31

Posts: 7

Re: USB Scanner Problem: "scanimage -L" shows a webcam and nothing else

Yes, I'm in the scanner group and I logged out and back in after adding myself.

Output of "ls -l /dev/sg*":
crw-rw---- 1 root optical 21, 0 2008-08-30 02:44 /dev/sg0
crw-rw---- 1 root root    21, 1 2008-08-30 02:44 /dev/sg1

Last edited by adamorjames (2008-08-31 12:22:05)

bt

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Registered: 2007-04-11

Posts: 198

Re: USB Scanner Problem: "scanimage -L" shows a webcam and nothing else

I had the same problem. It appears that udev does not recognize the scanner unless the scanner is on when you boot the computer.
1. See if this holds true in your case.
2. If so, and you want to have the scanner recognized after boot, run /etc/start_udev.

Worked for me

adamorjames

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Registered: 2008-08-31

Posts: 7

Re: USB Scanner Problem: "scanimage -L" shows a webcam and nothing else

I haven't tried booting with the scanner plugged in, yet, but I did try "sudo /etc/start_udev" and it still doesn't find it or anything new.

Last edited by adamorjames (2008-08-31 15:08:45)