Arch Linux

orjanp

Member

From: Tromsoe, Norway

Registered: 2004-07-03

Posts: 347

Install a network scanner, now a USB scanner.

Hello!

I have a Brother MFC-440CF printer and scanner. The printer works well, but I can not get the scanner to work.

I have installed the Brother latest brscan2 drivers from aur. I have added 'brother2' to /etc/sane.d/dll.conf, and I have done a

# brsaneconfig2 -a name=MFC440CN model=MFC-440CN ip=10.0.0.12
# brsaneconfig2 -q | grep MFC440CN
 0 MFC440CN            "MFC-440CN"         I:10.0.0.12

But when I start xsane, all I get is my integrated camera. How can I change from the integrated camera to the scanner.

# scanimage -L
device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname Integrated Camera virtual device

Last edited by orjanp (2009-06-01 12:38:15)

---

Ørjan Pettersen

kjon

Member

From: Temuco, Chile

Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 398

Re: Install a network scanner, now a USB scanner.

remove the v4l entry of your dll.conf to disable the camera detection. Have a look on sane's manpage about LIBSANE_DEBUG. It might help finding out your problem.

Last edited by kjon (2009-06-01 10:20:03)

---

They say that if you play a Win cd backward you hear satanic messages. That's nothing! 'cause if you play it forwards, it installs windows.

orjanp

Member

From: Tromsoe, Norway

Registered: 2004-07-03

Posts: 347

Re: Install a network scanner, now a USB scanner.

It removed the camera. Did not find anything called LIBSANE_DEBUG in the man pages or by google.

I have moved the scanner from the network, and connected it through USB. But still no luck. Sane-find-scanner detects the scanner, but scanimage do not.

# sane-find-scanner 

found USB scanner (vendor=0x04f9, product=0x01af) at libusb:006:002
found USB scanner (vendor=0x08ff, product=0x2810 [Fingerprint Sensor]) at libusb:004:002

# scanimage -L

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).

---

Ørjan Pettersen

kjon

Member

From: Temuco, Chile

Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 398

Re: Install a network scanner, now a USB scanner.

Does your scanner backend have sort of configuration file? Because, I got a epson MFC,  which if I don't set explicitly the usb device (by vendor and device), It doesn't get detected.

---

They say that if you play a Win cd backward you hear satanic messages. That's nothing! 'cause if you play it forwards, it installs windows.

tsvensson

Member

From: Sweden, Malmö

Registered: 2009-07-31

Posts: 6

Re: Install a network scanner, now a USB scanner.

I have a similar problem with my CanoScan LiDE 200. It only detects my USB camera, when I removed v4l, it didn't detect anything.
Unfortunately my model isn't supported by Linux :-(

---

Torbjörn