Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:23:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <ulrich@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unsupported image scanner ... Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407101320220.1540@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <53BED080.8050200@pukruppa.de> References: <53BED080.8050200@pukruppa.de>
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On Thu, 10 Jul 2014, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > Hi, > > I have got an unsupported USB image scanner (EPSON PERFECTION V300 > PHOTO) attached to my FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE amd64 . > Though I would like to have some fun with it ... This is how far I got: > > # dmesg > [...] > ugen5.2: <EPSON> at usbus5 > > > # usbconfig list > [...] > ugen5.2: <EPSON Scanner EPSON> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH > (480Mbps) pwr=ON (2mA) > > # sane-find-scanner -q > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x0131 [EPSON > Scanner]) at libusb:/dev/usb:/dev/ugen5.2 > > but: > > # scanimage -L > > 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). > > > So I typed a line into /usr/local/etc/sane.d/epson2.conf : > usb 0x04b8 0x0131 > > The result for scanimage -L remains the same as above. I wouldn't > exactly expect my scanner to work, but at least it could identify > itself. Perhaps there is a problem with file and device permissions? Shown here as unsupported but using the epkowa driver: http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html Some scanners need a firmware download before they can do anything. But the unsupported could just mean "does not work at all".
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