As a followup to my orginal plea for help...it now works!
The problem was that I didn't have a /dev/scanner. I linked /dev/sga to
/dev/scanner and the module loading now works. Seems that my older
installation did have the link; the existing one didn't.
Bob van der Poel wrote:
>
> Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
> >
> > > > >
> > > > > I can use 'modprobe aha152x' and all works.
> > [ ... ]
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, it doesn't make any difference how many times I try
> > the
> > > command. Just get the same error message.
> > >
> > > I'm wondering if I need a alias in the conf.modules file?
> >
> > Do you have a line:
> >
> > alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
> >
> > in your modules.conf file? If not, you should try it with
> > this line. This tells the modules system that if something
> > wants access the SCSI system the host adapter driver for the
> > aha152x needs to be loades. Otherwise the system does not
> > "know" which adapter is installed.
>
> Well, I didn't. I do now in conf.modules (I even rebooted the system,
> and I'm not sure if this is necessary to do or not??)
>
> alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
> post-install sg modprobe aha152x
> options aha152x aha152x=0x140,9
>
> But it makes no difference. Still get the 'no devices' error message.
> Doesn't appear to be anything useful in the log files either.
>
> I can now do a 'modprobe scsi_hostadpter' instead of 'modprobe aha152x'
> and then run xsane. So, the alias command is taking effect. But, still
> no auto-magic! Other suggestions?
>
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