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Re: [LUG] Scanners

 

On Wednesday 19 July 2006 11:25, Richard Brown wrote:
> Hi Mark
>
> On Wednesday 19 July 2006 11:02, Mark Thurston wrote:
> > You will most probably have to install xsane as it may not be present on
> > your system.
> >
> >
> > What distro are you using?
>
> I am using Fedora core 5 and I have just downloaded and installed Xsaneand
> the plugin for the Gimp.
>
> However, when I run them they advise me that there are no devices attached!
> If however I go into the kinfo panel and look under attached devices it
> shows the scanner attached via usb. Do I need to do something more please?
>
> Thanks.

Rich,
Although the kernel has identified the scanner, it doesn't follow that it will 
actually work :(   Some do, some need work and some simply won't work.
The kernel takes the vendor ID and product ID and runs them against a database 
I guess - which then allows your distro to tell you that you have plugged in 
a SuperDuper Model x scanner from Howling Placard or whatever. It doesn't 
follow that the fact that it is identified means it will work. I get this a 
lot with webcams - my distro recognises the name/model of the webcam - but it 
won't work!

What make/model is it? 
That would be a good starting point.
There are lots of lovely command line tests you can run in sane to check if 
the scanner is actually likely to work, but the name/model is the best start 
I reckon.
Once we have that, its fairly easy to google around on the Linux USB site for 
instance to discover the information on whether it will work.
Many sane/xsane installs do not have the modules for all scanners enabled - or 
even installed. If they exist, they are easy to enable or install though :)

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