Re: [OT] sane nikon coolscan

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Sat, 13 Oct 2001 23:41:06 -0700 Hidong Kim <hkim tscnet com> imparted
to us:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install a Nikon Coolscan LS-2000 on my Red Hat 7.1 
> machine.  I recompiled the 2.4.2-2 kernel to support the SCSI
> interface 
> for this scanner, an Adaptec AVA-2903B.  (It uses the aic7xxx driver.)
>  
> The computer appears to recognize the SCSI host and the scanner fine. 
> Here are some lines from /var/log/messages during boot:
> 
> Oct 13 23:25:16 driver kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI 
> SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.1.7
> Oct 13 23:25:16 driver kernel:         <Adaptec 2902/04/10/15/20/30C 
> SCSI adapter>
> Oct 13 23:25:16 driver kernel:         aic7850: Single Channel A, SCSI
> Id=7, 3/255 SCBs
> Oct 13 23:25:16 driver kernel:
> Oct 13 23:25:16 driver kernel:   Vendor: Nikon     Model: LS-2000     
>  
>     Rev: 1.31
> Oct 13 23:25:16 driver kernel:   Type:   Scanner                      
>  
>     ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> 
> 
> Here's 'cat /proc/scsi/scsi':
>  
> Attached devices: 
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: Nikon    Model: LS-2000          Rev: 1.31
>   Type:   Scanner                          ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> 
> 
> I downloaded and installed sane 1.0.5 backends and frontends.  I
> didn't 
> see any errors during the installation.  The scanimage and xscanimage 
> executables were created.  But sane does not detect any scanners.  
> Here's the output of 'scanimage --list-devices':
> 
> No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something
> different,
> check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
> sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
> which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
> 
> 
> Here's the output of  'tools/sane-find-scanner':
> 
> # Note that sane-find-scanner will find any scanner that is connected
> # to a SCSI bus.  It will even find scanners that are not supported
> # at all by SANE. It won't find a scanner that is connected to a
> # parallel, USB or other non-SCSI port.
> 
> # If your scanner uses SCSI, you must have a driver for your SCSI
> # adaptor and support for SCSI Generic (sg) in your Operating System
> # in order for the scanner to be used with SANE. If your scanner is
> # NOT listed above, check that you have installed the drivers.
> 
> 
> The scanner is turned on and connected.  Why is sane not detecting the
> scanner when the computer seems to be detecting it?  What else can I 
> check?  Thanks,

Do you have SCSI Generic compiled in or as module? It's a separate
setting and has to be there for both scanners and cd-writers using SCSI.

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