Re: Linux Mandrake 8 problems with SCSI scanners

From: Pascal Terjan (pascal@ace.nl)
Date: Fri Jun 15 2001 - 01:50:59 PDT

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    Douglas Gilbert wrote:
    >
    > Douglas Gilbert wrote:
    > >
    > > Bob Jerrard wrote:
    > > >
    > > > In trying to get an HP ScanJet 4c operational on a new Mandrake 8.0
    > > > Linux machine I have installed
    > > >
    > > > sane-1.0.4-2mdk
    > > > sane-backends-1.0.4-2mdk
    > > > libsane1-1.0.4-2mdk
    > > > [snip, device lock up which didn't happen before ..]
    > >
    > > Bob,
    > > Looks like Mandrake 8.0 may not have picked up the patch for
    > > SCSI command timeouts that has been in SANE CVS since January.
    > > I'll download their source rpms and check.
    >
    > Responding to my own post ...
    >
    > After downloading Mandrake 8's SANE [1.0.4] source rpm I
    > can confirm that it is the release tarball without
    > patches. This means some SCSI scanners will timeout
    > prematurely causing the above mentioned problems.
    > [Some USB scanners that use the sg interface (e.g.
    > Microtek) may also have this problem.]
    >
    > I reported this error to Linux-Mandrake but have
    > received no acknowledgement. Mandrake users with
    > support may like to report this error as well. Mandrake
    > needs to issue a SANE (backend) rpm to fix this problem.
    > As a work around Mandrake users might try to remove the
    > Mandrake SANE rpms and install those from Redhat 7.1 .
    > Another approach may be to wait for SANE 1.0.5 to be
    > released.
    >

    You use sane-1.0.4-2mdk, there is a sane-1.0.4-3mdk did you look at the
    changes ?

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