Re: Tangential question about stuck SCSI scanner

Per Harald Myrvang (Per.Harald.Myrvang@cc.uit.no)
Wed, 5 Nov 1997 10:43:40 +0100 (MET)

> Sometimes while scanning I do a Bad Thing and either interrupt the
> scanning process with ^C, turn the scanner off and back on, or run a
> scanner-related command with the scanner not yet turned on ... and this seems
> to put the scanner into an uncommunicative state. Is there any way to reset
> the scanner or reestablish the connection without rebooting the whole system?

Issue a SCSI bus reset. When you load a linux scsi-module it issues such a
reset. You can also do it yourself, with a little coding.

Hope this helps,

Per Harald Myrvang
perm@cc.uit.no

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