artec 48+U scanner & xsane

[hbrhodes]

James Wilkinson wrote:

>hbrhodes wrote:
>  
>
>>okay, i did that and i found the following, when i tried to use it as root or 
>>user, it said something about "failed to open device 
>>'artec_eplus48u:libusb:001:007': invalid argument.
>>    
>>
>
>Hi. I've got the same scanner, and had the same problem.
>
>Hopefully you'll have found the /etc/sane.d directory, the
>artec_eplus48u.conf configuration file, and put the "Artec48.usb" file
>in /usr/share/sane/artec_eplus48u/, like it asks.
>
>I must admit that I thought I'd done that, and was still getting the
>error message.
>
>Some research lead me to man sane-artec_eplus48u and the
>SANE_DEBUG_ARTEC_EPLUS48U environment variable.
>
>Running
>    export SANE_DEBUG_ARTEC_EPLUS48U=9
>    xsane
>gave a whole bunch of output, including
>    [artec_eplus48u] Try to open firmware file: "/usr/share/sane/artec_eplus48u/Artec48.usb"
>    [artec_eplus48u] Cannot open firmware file "/usr/share/sane/artec_eplus48u/1200.usb"
>    [artec_eplus48u] download_firmware_file failed
>
>A bit of headscratching lead me to realise that I'd mis-spelled the
>directory. Whoops!
>
>In any case, I hope this helps. I hope the export variable helps you
>track down what's going wrong for you.
>
>James.
>
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>

YOU ARE THE MAN!! i was stuck, and then i read the feedback (did the 
debug thing), and it read there was a directory that it wanted thtat 
wasn't there. i had merely put the usb file in /usr/share/sane, i didn't 
realize i was supposed to put that

/artec_eplus48u/

on there too!!!   sweet!!!