Hi, Henning,
Thanks for the info -- I'll give it a try -- and I downloaded
the source and compiled it, so I have the find-scanner
program now. Off I go...
Stoney
Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> [...]
> > In Windows, the SCSI card is identified as a DTC 3181. I
> > found some information about this card on the web, but no
> > Linux documentation. I've also read the dtc README in the
> > kernel sources.
>
> I don't know about your scanner but the Mustek scanners come with some DTC
> 3181 variants, especially the 3181e, 3181l and 3181le. These cards are
> supported by the g_NCR5380 driver, so a
> "modprobe g_NCR5380 ncr_addr=0x280 dtc_3181e=1" (set the address
> appropriately) may work with your card, too.
>
> > Logically, I'd think that sg.o and dtc.o would have to be
> > loaded, but with sg.o loaded, /proc/scsi/scsi says
> > no attached devices. Doing modprobe dtc (after doing
> > modprobe sg) fails with an init message "device or
> > resource busy."
>
> "device or resource busy" means "there was some problem with the card, but I
> don't know which exactly". In most cases it's just the wrong driver.
>
> > I've also seen mention of a program or shell script
> > called find-scanner. Is this program included in the
> > source download?
>
> Yes, it's in the tools/ directory. But you may just do a cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> for similar information. Both won't work without the right scsi driver,
> however.
>
> Ciao, Henning
>
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