Re: Hi -- USB UMAX Astra 2200 question

From: stef (stef-listes@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2001 - 00:50:22 PDT

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    On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 07:43:51AM +0200, Oliver Rauch wrote:
    > Derek Martin wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > I have the USB driver compiled into my kernel (2.4.5), and when I load the
    > > scanner driver, I get these messages:
    > >
    > > usb.c: registered new driver usbscanner
    > > scanner.c: probe_scanner: User specified USB scanner -- Vendor:Product - 1606:230
    > > scanner.c: USB Scanner support registered.
    >
    > Hello Derek.
    >
    > I do not know much about the USB things.
    > The umax backend does not know anything about usb. If it shall find the scanner
    > it is necessary that the scanner looks like an scsi scanner for the backend.
    > This means at first that the scanner has to be listed in /proc/scsi/scsi.
    >
    > Please could someone with USB-Scanner experience help here?!
    >
    > Bye
    > Oliver
    >
    > --

            There is a command line scanning utility for UMAX 1220U USB scanner
    done by Paul Mackerras. You should give it a try, since it appears 1220 and
    2000 models are using the same protocol, 2200 could also use it.

            Search with 'umax1220u' on your favourite engine.

    Regards,
            Stef 

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