Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 06:59:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Geoffrey <geoffrey@reptiles.org> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sane configuration in Freebsd 7 Message-ID: <20080909064619.Y64474@gecko.reptiles.org> In-Reply-To: <20080909055234.GA98761@abigail.blackend.org> References: <20080908172940.K64474@gecko.reptiles.org> <20080909055234.GA98761@abigail.blackend.org>
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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
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