From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 10:59:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AE881065670 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 10:59:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from geoffrey@reptiles.org) Received: from mailbox.reptiles.org (mail.reptiles.org [198.96.210.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5927B8FC1F for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 10:59:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from geoffrey@reptiles.org) Received: from mail.reptiles.org ([198.96.210.227] port=54441) by mailbox.reptiles.org([198.96.210.227] port=25) via TCP with esmtp (2808 bytes) (sender: ) (ident using UNIX) id for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 06:59:06 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.121 2005-Nov-17 #4 built 2006-Nov-28) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 06:59:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Geoffrey To: Marc Fonvieille In-Reply-To: <20080909055234.GA98761@abigail.blackend.org> Message-ID: <20080909064619.Y64474@gecko.reptiles.org> References: <20080908172940.K64474@gecko.reptiles.org> <20080909055234.GA98761@abigail.blackend.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sane configuration in Freebsd 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:59:07 -0000 On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, Marc Fonvieille wrote: Hi Marc > On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 05:36:18PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Regarding >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/scanners.html, >> >> sane-find-scanner won't find a scanner if uscanner is in the kernel (as > > Hello, > > I'm not sure to understand you. What do you mean by "sane-find-scanner > won't find a scanner if uscanner is in the kernel" ? > Sorry. I need to be more specific. "sane-find-scanner" will not find a usb scanner if: BURP:#device uscanner # Scanners is not remarked out in your kernel config file OR if you load the kld uscanner. Sane uses usblib and usblib can't find the scanner if uscanner is loaded. Yes, you have to build and install a new kernel to do this as uscanner is in the generic kernel: GENERIC:device uscanner # Scanners >> it is by default) in Freebsd 7 (uname -a >> FreeBSD burp.bogstomp.org 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #4: Mon >> Sep 8 16:11:35 EDT 2008 >> root@burp.bogstomp.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BURP i386) >> >> I've also noted the "sane-find-scanner" man page erroneously >> states this device is necessary. I suspect there are other sane >> manpages that may do likewise. > > This manual page as others from the SANE project are written for Linux, > so the content related to devices, etc, can be confusing. > Ah. This is true. However uscanner is a local modification. As far as I can determine linux used a different kernel device for scanners (though I may be wrong). Regardless, with the uscanner references omitted the man page is correct in stating the scanner kernel device interferes with usblib discovery of the scanner. Usblib uses ugen. Uscanner just gets in the way. >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Cheers. -- first step to autoholic recovery: realising the 3000 lb gorilla on your back does not become you. http://www.autoholics.org/programme.php