Re: SANE 1.0.1 locks up system: Linux 2.2.10, Agfa SnapScan 1236s

Kevin Charter (charter@cs.ualberta.ca)
Mon, 4 Oct 1999 09:09:27 -0600 (MDT)

> David Brodbeck wrote:
> >
> > Summary:
> > -------
> > I'm running Linux kernel 2.2.10, and SANE 1.0.1. I have an Agfa
> > Snapscan 1236S plugged into a Future Domain TMC-16xx card (forget which, I
> > think it's a 1606.) When I load the fdomain and sg modules, the scanner
> > is detected fine. Running find-scanner as root finds it, too. Trying to
> > scan something, though, locks the whole machine solid.
>
> Make sure that you have the latest version of the Agfa backend
> installed. There is an incompatibility between older version of the
> backend and Linux kernels >= 2.2.6.

You can find a patched version at
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~charter/SnapScan/snapscan.html

Kevin

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