Re: Newbie question - Acer Prisa 310s

From: stoney (lstone@gate.net)
Date: Wed Apr 19 2000 - 13:32:39 PDT

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    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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