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Re: scanner doesn't scan...



I think what Dirk meant was he's got an /etc/sane.d/mustek.conf which has
a line

/dev/scanner

as its contents.

After the mustek.conf file includes that line, /dev/scanner should be
symlinked to /dev/sg0.



On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Peter Wollny wrote:

> I have the symlink  /dev/scanner pointing to /dev/sg0 but I only have
> /etc/sane.d with a real mustek.conf file, no link.
> I still don't understand.
>
>
> pit
>
>
> Le Saturday 02 December 2000 09:31, dirk@xs4all.nl a écrit:
> > On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 12:36:37AM +0100, Peter Wollny wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I've got a Mustek 6000SP scanner which refuses to work with Debian. I
> > > tried to use the same configuration as with SuSE 6.3 but xsane still
> > > prompts "no devices available".
> > >
> > > I made MAKEDEV sg,
> >
> > Hmm, I know I had this problem when I installed my scanner.
> > I can't recall the solution that worked for me, but here is what I
> > have:
> >
> > I have a /etc/sane/mustek.conf which points to /dev/scanner,
> > furthermore, /dev/scanner is a symlink to /dev/sg0. I don't
> > know much about scsi stuff, I only have a scsi card for the
> > scanner and in the past for a DAT tape streamer.
> >
> > Well, this isn't much help, but maybe it is enough.
> >
> > Dirk
>
>
>
>
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