Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:23:24 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: what am i doing wrong?! Message-ID: <20051224102324.GE7907@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20051223220430.A1110@wonkity.com> References: <20051223031202.GA19014@thought.org> <43ABBBE0.7090402@locolomo.org> <20051223094455.GA556@thought.org> <20051223220430.A1110@wonkity.com>
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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
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