You need to create the SCSI generic nodes in /dev.
try:
cd /dev
MAKEDEV sg
hope that helps,
Damon
++ 15/02/01 17:47 -0800 - David M. Anderson:
> SANE doesn't seem to find my scanner, but I don't think the problem is
> really with SANE. Nevertheless, this seems to be a good place to ask
> about scanners and Linux. Perhaps someone can help me.
>
> Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, with a compiled 2.4.1 kernel. Among other
> things, SCSI generic support is enabled.
>
> Possibly relevant portions of output from "dmesg":
> CPU: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes) stepping 02
> Board Vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC..
> Board Name: P2L97-S.
> Board Version: REV 1.xx.
> SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:06.0
> PCI: The same IRQ used for device 00:04.2
> (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/6/0
> (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
> (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 422 instructions downloaded
> scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.1/5.2.0
> <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter>
> Vendor: UMAX Model: Astra 1200S Rev: V2.6
> Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi generic sg3 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0, type 6
>
> /proc/scsi/scsi includes:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
> Vendor: UMAX Model: Astra 1200S Rev: V2.6
> Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
> /proc/scsi/sg/device_hdr:
> host chan id lun type bopens qdepth busy
>
> /proc/scsi/sg/devices includes:
> 0 0 6 0 6 0 3 0
>
> (I also three other SCSI devices, a Zip drive, Jaz drive, and CD-R, on
> IDs 3, 4, and 5, but they seem to be working fine.)
>
> So it seems clear that the UMAX scanner is detected by the kernel, and
> classified correctly as a scanner, sg3 in particular.
>
> /etc/sane.d/umax.conf:
> scsi UMAX * Scanner
> scsi LinoHell Office
> scsi LinoHell Office2
> scsi LinoHell SAPHIR2
> scsi Nikon AX-210
> /dev/scanner
>
> /usr/lib/sane contains libsane-umax.so.1.0.1 (libsane-umax.so.1 links to
> this).
>
> On the other hand:
>
> $ ls /dev/sg*
> ls: /dev/sg*: No such file or directory
>
> $ sudo find-scanner -v
> find-scanner: searching for scanners:
> find-scanner: checking /dev/scanner... failed to open
> find-scanner: checking /dev/sg0... failed to open
> find-scanner: checking /dev/sg1... failed to open
> find-scanner: checking /dev/sg2... failed to open
> find-scanner: checking /dev/sg3... failed to open
> find-scanner: checking /dev/sg4... failed to open
> ...
>
> $ scanimage --list-devices
>
> I am obviously missing something. Does anyone know what it is?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
>
>
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