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 1HOeXm-0003ta-5U for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:37:50 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l26IZc5k019089; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:35:38 GMT Received: from mail.nagafix.co.uk (mail.nagafix.co.uk [194.145.196.85]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l26IZchh019084 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:35:38 GMT Received: from [192.168.0.6] (82-45-188-29.cable.ubr02.camd.blueyonder.co.uk [82.45.188.29]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.nagafix.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id D797BC7A73 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:35:37 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <45EDB479.1050201@nagafix.co.uk> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:35:37 +0000 From: Antoine Martin User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070304) 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 To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB scanners and udev References: <200703061644.16750.prh@gotadsl.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200703061644.16750.prh@gotadsl.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 69fd1e7a-92df-43b1-9275-751c5522871d X-Archives-Hash: f3cd7de73c222f7b7212809facc7afce I have used a Perfection 610 (usb) without problems for years with Linux so it is unlikely to be a problem with udev/kernel. Here is the line I have in /etc/sane.d/epson.conf: usb 04b8 0103 This matches the usb id: # lsusb | grep Epson Bus 001 Device 015: ID 04b8:0103 Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 610 You should not need anything special (32-bit libraries, etc..) Hope this helps Antoine 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? > -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list