RE: usb-scanner detected, but nothing about usb in /dev
Do you have usbdevfs enabled in your kernel?
j.
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Jeremy L. Gaddis <jeremy@gaddis.org> <http://www.gaddis.org>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janis Hagelberg [mailto:janis.h@freesurf.ch]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 5:09 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: usb-scanner detected, but nothing about usb in /dev
>
>
> hi!
> i've just bought an epson 1660 scanner, but i can't install it
> because it's
> not detected.
> i've tried to figure out what the problem is, and only found more
> problems.
> i use kernel 2.4.18
> here is what i found, it really looks strange:
>
> syslog:
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller
> Interface driver v1.1
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:04.2
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:04.3
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:0d.0
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb400, IRQ 9
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered,
> assigned bus
> number 1
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:04.3
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:04.2
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:0d.0
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb000, IRQ 9
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered,
> assigned bus
> number 2
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
> Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbscanner
>
>
> when i try sane-find-scanner
> i get:
> sane-find-scanner: checking /dev/usbscanner... failed to open (status 4)
> sane-find-scanner: checking /dev/usbscanner0... failed to open (status 4)
>
> and syslog says:
> Jan 14 21:39:45 maelwen kernel: scanner.c: open_scanner(0): Unable to
> access minor data
> Jan 14 21:39:45 maelwen kernel: scanner.c: open_scanner(0): Unable to
> access minor data
>
> and ls -l /dev/u* :
> crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 32 Jul 5 2000 /dev/usbmouse
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 180, 48 Jan 14 19:14 /dev/usbscanner
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 14 19:14
> /dev/usbscanner0 ->
> usbscanner
>
> the last 2 devices usbscanner(0) where created by myself, using a
> readme in
> the kernel-source directory.
>
>
> hoping someone has an idea what to do
>
> jay
>
>
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