Re: SANE not finding scanner
> Keith wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to setup my Mustek scanner using SANE. If I run find-scanner
> > it doesn't find my scanner. I see that my card is loading on boot up
> > and it sees my scanner. The scanner is hooked up right, it works in
> > Windows. If someone could shed some light on this subject for me I
> > would appreciate it. There is no /dev/scanner file. Isn't there a program
> > called MAKEDEV for making dev files?
> Hi
>
> You should not use MAKEDEV for /dev/scanner. It is
> normally a symbolic link to the generic device where
> the scanner is. ie if you see something like:
> "Scanner Mustek xxx found at sga"
> you do "ln -s /dev/sga /dev/scanner"
I don't see that if I run find-scanner nothing happens.
>
> Best regards
> Allan Jacobsen
>
>
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Thanks,
Keith
MCNE
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