Re: [LUG] Fedora 2 - USB -Scanner Problems

[Jon Lawrence <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 11 January 2005 22:21, PL-J wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am having problems with my scanner, (Epson 1640).  It used to be there,
> now its gone!  I have tried moving the USB from the hub to the computer to
> no avail.  The computer can see my TV Card, and thats it.  (I have also
> gone back to an early kernel, again no help)
>
> I am putting this down to USB problems, and so am looking at the other two
> ports at the back of the scanner. (SCSI and Option), unless someone has a
> clever idea.
>
> What I really want to sort out is the IP addresses on my router, but thats
> another story.

When you plug the scanner in, what do you see in the syslog ?
IIRC, in RedHat the syslog is /var/log/messages.
as root, do 'tail -f /var/log/messages' and then plug the scanner in.

Jon

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