Re: 2 scanners under Linux

becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:29:56 +0200 (MET DST)

Hi !

> I've got a problem with two scsi-scanners under Linux. How can I make
> both accesible? According to /proc/scsi/scsi both are recognized in the
> system. I am running a SuSE 6.1 Linux; the yast menu allows only one
> scanner to be installed and when doing it manually there is the problem
> with the ln -s for /dev/scanner: Which one should I let the symlink
> point to?

None. Or create /dev/scanner1 and /dev/scanner2.

The point is, that you have to edit the sane configuration files.

They are usually located in $prefix/etc/sane.d/, where prefix should
be /usr for distributions. It might however be, that SuSe put it directly to
/etc. You have to edit the <scannertype>.conf file (e.g. mustek.conf)
and list the appropriate devices.

Moreover, if you want to scan as non-root, you might want to use mknod to
create real aliases instead of the symlinks and give them appropriate
permissions. I'd suggest to create a group "sane" or "scanner", add the
appropriate users in, chgrp the device nodes to it, and make sure the
scanner devices are group-read/write (yes, write is needed).

CU, ANdy

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Andreas Beck              |  Email :  <Andreas.Beck@ggi-project.org>

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