From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HOdr8-0001kW-Vj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:53:47 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l26Hpw8M028799; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 17:51:58 GMT Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l26HpvxU028794 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 17:51:57 GMT Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a29so1042587pyi for ; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:51:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=QIYei1/0iezj2jNQbq4WcVlO3l2SszzYK0Y3Jt7ywmpjbUJO4lTLV+ZeNhp+UsPL4lBLdy89+UoHz2rlrCmo90WY8qpWPrzZFMNnV78acX1wquwjSq1A22u0cw9Jl2G7ukAECtsKo/qvyb4VRvPK6AqQLCmkD0mqEg7mJFkOI6Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:subject:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=HNHN03ZDa5kuxPzjShRnLOatn5Rq3VgxSKDvXPnWqJubskh5rudMh+9lbh++jB4k1F/jxrmy2AAqjKTZYSxaL/7V5ANKozmbb0KG89Btj9toRoqfGMrFLzZPG5jD+YF/3g+29W7agLzzUtENH9cgIT4mP0a3spUhGJA7wyFjuSg= Received: by 10.35.128.17 with SMTP id f17mr17579572pyn.1173203517219; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:51:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?64.230.63.90? ( [64.230.63.90]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id a2sm12010080pyi.2007.03.06.09.51.56; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:51:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB scanners and udev To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200703061644.16750.prh@gotadsl.co.uk> References: <200703061644.16750.prh@gotadsl.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:50:34 +0000 Message-Id: <1173203434.9918.2.camel@ShadowBook.Workgroup> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "B. Nice" X-Archives-Salt: 1032dea8-8a3a-4341-881f-c7340a54d15b X-Archives-Hash: 417987a5ffdea98ad466a3df3dc036d9 On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 16:44 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Also not, perhaps, a 64-bit problem, but can someone please confirm that > they can plug a USB scanner in and have it work? I have an Epson Perfection > 640U which works under M$ but not Gentoo. > > I'm trying to follow gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_USB_Scanner, although > it's not easy with so many variations being covered in the one document. I > get as far as: > > # sane-find-scanner -q > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x010c [Perfection640 ]) > at libusb:002:007 > > ...but: > # scanimage -L > > No scanners were identified. [...] > > I can locate the /dev/usbdev* devices that are created when I plug the > scanner in; changing their ownership to root:scanner has no effect on > scanimage. I am in the scanner group, but running as root makes no > difference anyway. > > Udev is at version 106, kernel 2.6.20, hotplug is started in the default > run-level (though it seems to make no difference); what else can I say? > > Do I have to write a udev rule? /lib64/modules/2.6.20-gentoo/modules.usbmap > contains nothing pertaining to my scanner, or is this a red herring? > > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug contains a single blank line. Another red herring? > > -- > Rgds > Peter Humphrey > Linux Counter 5290, Aug 93 Not solely a scanner, but my Brother MFC-6800 scans, and prints under Gentoo, and it's attached via USB. It requires a bit of playing with /dev directory permissions to allow the normal user to use it however. FYI, I used Xsane, and followed the gentoo-wiki page. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list