Problem with Agfa Snapscan 310 Scanner and SANE

[Rich]

Sane????? not for long.......I'm going mad trying to get this scanner to work

Using 1.0.4, downloaded the SANE backends and the Xsane GUI, but I can't seem to get the system to recognise the scanner.

using the command line sane-find-scanner I get the useful message

" # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
# can't be detected by this program. "

When running Xsane, I get past the licence terms screen and the message 'No devices available' comes up.

Reading the help files about scanner installs there is a mention of downloading the file sane.tgz from the puppy download site and placing it into /root/my-applications. I can't find this file anywhere.

The scanner, FYI, is an Agfa Snapscan 310.

Can anyone tell me the next step in my quest as I've run out of ideas !

Cheers

[mike]

try

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modprobe

then add the */ or something, the wildcard indicator, it will likely ask you for that (sorry, forget exactly how the code goes).

that worked for me, afterwards sane-find-scanner found my scanner

[Rich]

cheers for the reply Mike, but the problem is a bit more curious than a simple modprobe ( as far as I can tell )

looking through the files here I have the file /lib/modules/2.4.29/usb/scanner.o.gz

Modprobe scanner .....then lsmod gives me the following.

scanner 10688 0
parport_pc 15108 1
parport 23880 1 [lp parport_pc]
usbcore 59596 1 (autoclean) [scanner usb-ohci ehci-hcd]

If I'm reading it correctly, the scanner module is loaded, but it's a USB scanner module and not a parallel port one. hence when I load xsane and select parallel port, I get the 'no scanner available' message.

[danleff]

Try this;

1. make sure that the scanner usb plug is in a usb port on the back of the computer (onboard usb port off the motherboard), not a front usb port.

2. navigate to /etc/sane.d and open snapscan.conf as text (right click the file with your mouse and choose open as text).

3. uncomment the line near the top of the file;

# /dev/usb/scanner0 bus=usb

so that it reads;

/dev/usb/scanner0 bus=usb

4. Save the file.

5. Now try sane-find-scanner to see if it is detected.

6. Try to open xsane and see if it is found.

[Rich]

But it's a parallel scanner, not a usb one.

etc/sane.d/agfafocus.conf points to /dev/scanner.......which doesn't exist.

does the scanner.o module included in puppy only work with usb scanners?
This is my thought as it's located in /lib/modules/2.4.29/usb/

On the back of the scanner the label states that it is a SCSI interface, and it's one of those with a printer port on the back of it, so basically the printer and scanner are chained together through the parallel port. This may or may not be causing it's own problem

[Rich]

Thanks for the help with this one Guys...................it's humble pie time though.


I inherited this scanner. I was assured that it was fully working. I foolishly took this to be true.

Whilst moving things around on my desk, plugging and unplugging things, I moved the scanner and it rattled. Always keen to have a look inside stuff I took it to pieces. The main Circuit board was snapped right down the middle.

I could repair it, ( that's what I do ), but frankly I can't be bothered. I'm off out to get a new one later this week and the binmen can have the old one.

( expect another 'Help me' post when the new one arrives! )