Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 22:30:30 -0700 (PDT) From: thomas@spam.no.hentschel.net To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Astra 1200S & FreeBSD Message-ID: <199908020433.VAA09636@gate.hentschel.net>
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> > Forwarded to -multimedia, maybe someone over here can help :) > > ------ Forwarded message ------ > From: thomas@hentschel.net > Subject: Astra 1200S & FreeBSD (Astra 1200 again ...) > Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 17:47:43 -0700 (PDT) > To: sane-devel@mostang.com > > > Hi all, > I came into possesion of a umax Astra 1200S, and would like to > get it going on my FreeBSD machine. Here is the problem : > > # scanimage --list-devices > device `umax:/dev/scanner' is a UMAX Astra 1200S flatbed scanner > device `pnm:0' is a Noname PNM file reader virtual device > device `pnm:1' is a Noname PNM file reader virtual device > > After upping SANE_DEBUG_UMAX, I get the following output, where > irrelevant parts are snipped for brevity : > > # scanimage -d umax > output.ppm > .... > [umax] fast preview function = 0 > [umax] trying to reposition scanner ... > [umax] wait_scanner > > that's were scanimage hangs and the following messages appear > > [umax] scanner reports Device busy, waiting ... > Aug 1 17:02:15 dorothy /kernel: uk1(aha0:4:1): timed out > > if the scanner now get's power-cycled, it continues on until : > ... > [umax] scanner ready > [umax] reader_process: buffer of 17850 bytes read; 0 bytes to go > [umax] reader_process: finished reading data > ... > [umax] sane_read: read 0 bytes > [umax] do_cancel > [umax] killing reader_process > [umax] reader_process killed > [umax] trying to reposition scanner ... > [umax] wait_scanner > [umax] scanner ready > [umax] scanner repositioned > [umax] trying to release scanner ... > [umax] wait_scanner > > Here it stops again (same messages as above) and another power cycle > is in order, then it goes : > > [umax] scanner ready > [umax] scanner released > [umax] closing scannerdevice filedescriptor > [umax] close_pipe > [umax] sane_cancel > [umax] sane_close > [umax] sane_exit > > which then completes the scan. > > Here is the machine info : Pentium 133 / 32 Meg > FreeBSD 2.2.8 release > SCSI host adaptor is a adaptec 1542 CP which get's > detected as follows : > > aha0 at 0x330-0x333 irq 12 drq 5 on isa > > I've changed the BIOS settings as per suggestion in the mailing > list archives and disabled disconnect/reconnect. > > the Scanner is a umax astra 1200 S-C, Firmware Rev. 3.1, > detectet as follows : > > (aha0:4:0): "UMAX Astra 1200S V3.1" type 6 fixed SCSI 2 > > uk0(aha0:4:0): Unknown > > (aha0:4:1): "UMAX Astra 1200S V3.1" type 6 fixed SCSI 2 > > uk1(aha0:4:1): Unknown > > I'm running SANE-1.0.1 > /dev/scanner is symlinked to /dev/uk1 > > I've read the recent thread with Lee Nevo, where it turned out > to be a SCSI termination problem, so I went off buying new > (shorter) cables and rearranged the external SCSI bus to be > terminated by a device with active termination (External > CD-ROM) -- the problem is to get a 25DB active terminator, so I > opted for this solution -- same problem persists. The total > cable lenght now is ~ 120 cm, there are no devices on the > internal side of the host adaptor and the host adaptor is set to > terminate. > > The reason why I don't think that this is a termination problem > is that those problem should show a bit more "randomness". I've > run it ~ 50 times now, changing configurations etc. and it > ALWAYS shows the exact same behavior (unless I leave the > termination off altogether, then it doesn't even start talking > to the scanner). > In addition, it hangs on the first "[umax] trying to reposition > scanner ...", but it succesfully completes the second one after > it's done scanning... > > There was also a mentioning of the astra 1200S with Firmware > Rev. 2.9 and ext. Power-supply "could make problems" on Olivers > Site > http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch/sane/sane-umax-scanners-doc.html > Anyone know if that's still the case with Rev. 3.1 and does > anyone know what the exact symptoms of the problems are ?? > > Thanks in advance if anyone could shed a light on this. If more > information is needed I'm happy to provide what's necessary. > > Thanks > > -Th > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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