Make sure you did a make install for xsane, or xscanimage. I had a problem reunning the executeable from the dir. which it was compiled in, then I did a make install and it worked. Something to do whith where it looks for list of available devices. Also check permissions. Were you running Xsane as root?
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:56:54 -0600
Steve Cooper <scooper1@coin.org> wrote:
> John.
>
> Thank you for your help. That patch has got me further along on my quest.
> Now when I try the "scanimage -L" command , I get the device to respond back.
> But when I try to run the xsane it still says it cannot find the device. Any
> further input would be appreciated.
>
> Steve Cooper
>
> John Craig wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been using an Acer scanner with the Snapscan driver. You will need
> > to patch the Sane source code with the snapscan drivers found at
> > http://download.sourceforge.net/snapscan/snapscan-01112000.tar.gz
> > I know this works with sane-1.0.3 (which should have come with RH 7.0).
> > Furthermore, you might need to look at the snapscan.h file in the
> > sane-1.0.3/backends directory to make sure your scanner is being recognized
> > as the right type. Do cat /proc/scsi/scsi and look at the way the scanner
> > type is reported, then look at line 102 in snapscan.h and make sure it is
> > being recognized as an Acer 300f. If so, compile and install.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > John Craig
> >
> > Steve Cooper wrote:
> >
> > > >From the past post on this board I have seen the interest in a acer
> > > driver for sane. I have a acer 300f scsi scanner running on a Adaptec
> > > 1542 card. The os is rh 7.0 I have compiled the latest sane 1.0.4. I
> > > have successfully modproped the scsi bus and can see my devices, I have
> > > also used the find-scanner utility to find the scanner. I have not been
> > > able to get the snapscan module to work. From the search of this data
> > > message archive it seems like I am not the only one. I am not a coder
> > > by any means, but what ever help I could get would be great.
> > >
> > > This system is supposed to be used as a demo box at a Linux Expo. I am
> > > also running, I don't know if it makes a difference, XFree86 4.0.2, KDE
> > > 1.1.2 on triple heads.
> > >
> > > Thank You,
> > > Steve Cooper
> > >
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