On 26-Apr-01 karsten.festag@t-online.de wrote:
> Hm, you are right, I don't have a real good Idea. But a few thoughts:
> - You didn't make accidentally a firmware "upgrade" on the other
> machine (the revision was also 2.21 before)? (don't know if this
> could happen, probably not)
No, I didn't.
> - Try scanning with Windows and then boot Linux without switching off
> the scanner and the computer in between
Well, i read that idea somewhere, but right now i can't manage to boot
windows. My Bios really needs an upgrade to read my disk CSH, and lilo
won't set up my windows lilo entry.
> - Try scanning with and without backend calibration
I believe I can set that in the backend.
Ok, gonna try that.
> -Try my newest backend (microtek2_200104018) at
> http://home.t-online.de/home/karsten.festag
> -There was a patch for scanners that hang at the same command as yours
> now, I have to look at home after it (I'm at work now).
Ok, I'm gonna try that one then, see if that works for me too.
> all in all it's a little bit strange. The programs on your machine
> (kernel, modules, SANE) were the same before and after you moved the
> scanner around?
It's been a while ago. I don't really depend on my scanner much.
As far as i remember there wasn't any change.
>>
>> I have a few options I could try.
>> 1. Use an old kernel, and an older version of Sane, see how that
> works
>> out.
>> 2. I could Freebsd here, and see if I can get it going then.
>> Maybe i can then get wiser about if it is sane or the kernel.
>>
>> The stupid thing is, when moving it to another machine it stopped
>> working, and moving it back didn't help. So there wasn't a real
> excuse
>> for the scanner to stop working.
>>
>> Reading your answer, I assume you don't have an idea how to deal with
> it
>> :-)
>> Then I guess I'm gonna have to try some of the options to see if
> that
>> gives anything.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Marcel Pol
>>
>
>
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