Re: Problems using Umax Astr 1220S scanner under SANE

Chris Burns (burns@odarragh.astro.utoronto.ca)
Sat, 12 Dec 1998 12:52:09 -0500 (EST)

Hello.

> I just got the SANE package and tried it out (version 0.74 and version
> 1.0). I have an Advansys ABP940UA SCSI card and have tried the SANE
> package under both kernel 2.0.35 and kernel 2.1.128. I am sorry to
> report that the system can hang under xscanimage during both previews
> and scans under both kernels.

When you say the system hangs, do you mean Linux, or the SCSI bus? I had
the same problem (I think) when trying to scan. It turned out that the bus
only hung for about 10-12 minutes and then the scan would resume. Trying to
unload and reload the scsi module would result in a complete system hang, as
you described. The solution was to downgrade to kernel 2.1.126, and compile
scsi support and the host adapter support directly into the kernel (it wouldn't
compile as a module).

You might want to give it a shot.

Chris

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