Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB scanners and udev

[Barry.SCHWARTZ@chemoelectric.org]

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Peter Humphrey <prh@gotadsl.co.uk> skribis:
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB scanners and udev
> From: Peter Humphrey <prh@gotadsl.co.uk>
> Organization: at home
> Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:22:03 +0000
> To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
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> On Tuesday 06 March 2007 17:13:17 Barry.SCHWARTZ@chemoelectric.org wrote:
> > Peter Humphrey <prh@gotadsl.co.uk> skribis:
> > > 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 have some ancient UMAX scanner working. I don't remember everything
> > that's necessary. I seem to have /etc/hotplug/usb/libusbscanner,
> > /etc/hotplug/usb/libsane.usermap, /etc/udev/rules.d/99-libsane.rules,
> > and /etc/udev/rules.d/92-scanner.rules. The last has just this in it:
> >
> > BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1606", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0230",
> > GROUP="scanner", MODE="664"
> >
> > I don't know whether I put that there or portage did.
> 
> Hmm. I'm missing that file. I'll add it and see what happens.

You'll need the numbers for your scanner, presumably.

> What does "equery b /etc/udev/rules.d/92-scanner.rules" give on your
  box?

Good idea. Portage has no idea what it is, so I must have written it
myself.


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