From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 24 10:24:19 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B1116A41F for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:24:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ACF743D5A for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:24:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jBOANZ9W009171; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:23:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id jBOANQAU009170; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:23:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:23:24 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20051224102324.GE7907@thought.org> References: <20051223031202.GA19014@thought.org> <43ABBBE0.7090402@locolomo.org> <20051223094455.GA556@thought.org> <20051223220430.A1110@wonkity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051223220430.A1110@wonkity.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 19 years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: what am i doing wrong?! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:24:20 -0000 On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 10:07:21PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Gary Kline wrote: > > > >Do I need to have the device for USB 2.0 perhaps?? > > Only in the unlikely event that it's a USB 2 scanner. But I thought you > were kldloading the uscanner module, and here you have it built in the > kernel. Don't do both--although the system shouldn't permit that. > Yep; kldload gives me grief so I deleted the line from /etc/rc.conf. > > That is the only thing that is still commented. I'll > > try that later on today. As root, yes, I am able to > > have sane test, not as a user. The scanner I am testing > > is recognized--HP ScanJet 4100C. > > What do you mean by this, exactly? You see a message on the root > console? I checked the sane website and found the 4100c supported. I should not have said "recognized"; it isn't. Either the scanner or the transformer or the USB cable it shot. > > >But it was sold AS-IS and may well be broken. My friend got a > >*second* 4100C for $1.00 [no, not kidding]; it works on his Windows > >box. ((I'll gladly let him scan things if he is willing.)) > > Have him test the first scanner on his system. > Underway; he came back and picked everything up and will test to see what's shot. Once I've got a scanner and xsane working on FBSD I'm going to have a shot of Yukon Jack and sit by the fireplace. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix