[huskerlug] Re: Question about sane/macs/scsi scanners
- From: J.R.Wessels <jwessels@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:37:21 -0600
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This got no replies, so I guess I'll bring it back up. I have no ideas
myself how to fix this.
On Sunday 18 March 2001 13:28, Carl Lundstedt wrote:
> Ok, here's a shot in the dark to see if anyone has any suggestions:
> I have a powerpc running yellowdog linux 1.2 (my current pet project). I
> put an HP scanjet IIc on it and I'm trying to get sane to work correctly.
> I've heard Macs are great for graphics ;). The machine finds the scanner
> (at first) and reports what device it is (/dev/sgc) with a find-scanner
> command, but when I issue either a
> scanimage -L (to list the available devices)
> or a
> scanimage -d hp:/dev/sgc
> the program seems to hang (as though its querying hardware) and eventually
> fails. After issuing the scanimage command, the find-scanner no longer
> sees the scanner.
> I've tested the scanner under MacOS (UGH! SoOoOoO slow) and it seemded to
> work.
> So here's my questions:
> 1) Anyone use sane? Am I issuing the commands wrong (I've tried every
> thing I could think of in terms of flags and passing the device with quotes
> around it etc)? Is there a better flag to pass the command to get a better
> response or to curb queries and force a device? I've looked through the
> man pages over and over, but I won't say I didn't miss something.
> 2)Is the hp driver mature?
> 3)Can someone recommend a *inexpensive* scsi card I could pick up to try
> this on an i386 machine? Should I give it up on the Mac?
>
> Any input would be helpful.
>
> Carl
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