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Re: [LUG] Scanner problems



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On Sunday 29 June 2003 12:27 pm, luc_hands@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I've been trying to get my scanner (a umax astra 3400 (usb) to work
> under redhat 9. Starting up xsane, it is detected correctly, but when i
> try to scan something it just moves the lamp ~ 1 inch onto the scanner
> bed and then emits a high pitch noise (which doesnt sound too healthy)
> before moving back.
>
> Any ideas about how i can fix this??
>
> Thanks
>
> Luc

Don't realy have a clue about what is going on but I would try bypassing 
xsane and run scanimage from the console.  scanimage -h gets you help 
text and some useful information about your device.  The output from 
scanimage -T might also be informative.

Tony

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