Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:23:32 +0100 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@bitfrost.no> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Medion MD 86774 diaphragma/slide scanner: unknown to SANE, how to attach manually? Message-ID: <52C59284.4060609@bitfrost.no> In-Reply-To: <20140102171315.215e5fdc@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> References: <20140102171315.215e5fdc@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org>
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On 01/02/14 17:13, O. Hartmann wrote: > > I got a simple USB slide film scanner (Medion MD 86774). This USB > attached scanner is supposed to work in Linux with v4l, recognized as a > camera device. > > I'm running 11.0-CURRENT #3 r260189: Thu Jan 2 13:20:15 CET 2014 > amd64, having installed ports graphics/sane-backends, > graphics/xsane. > > Attaching the scanner to the USB bus makes the kernel giving this > report: > > ugen7.6: <Salix Corp.> at usbus7 > > Issuing the command usbconfig as shown below reveals > > usbconfig -u 7 -a 6 dump_device_desc > ugen7.6: <USB Scanner 5MP Salix Corp.> at usbus7, cfg=0 md=HOST > spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA) > > bLength = 0x0012 > bDescriptorType = 0x0001 > bcdUSB = 0x0200 > bDeviceClass = 0x00ef > bDeviceSubClass = 0x0002 > bDeviceProtocol = 0x0001 > bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 > idVendor = 0x115b > idProduct = 0x3150 > bcdDevice = 0x0028 > iManufacturer = 0x0001 <Salix Corp.> > iProduct = 0x0002 <USB Scanner 5MP> > iSerialNumber = 0x0000 <no string> > bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 > > > Well, I'd like to do some experiments and I do not know where to start. > In /usr/local/etc/sane.d/ I created a new file called "medion.conf" > containing > > usb 0x115b 0x3150 > > to "fake" a supported device, but xsane doesn't recognize the device at > all. > > It may sound naiv, but can someone tell me how to use this scanner > device as a v4l device as it is recognized in Ubuntu 13 (kernel 3.2)? > > Is there a "generic" way to provide essential informations to the SANE > backend for a new device? > > Please CC me. I'm not subscribing the list. > > > Thanks in advance, > Oliver > Hi, v4l devices are supported by /usr/ports/multimedia/webcamd. --HPS
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