Re: Epson Perfection 1240U USB scanner device not found
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 04:32:03AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 20/07/12 03:40 AM, Joel Roth wrote:
> >On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 05:31:08PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote:
> >>Hi Debianologists,
> >>
> >>This scanner is supposed to be fully supported by SANE.
> >>
> >>When I plug it in, dmesg shows:
> >>
> >>[460008.108261] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 26 using ehci_hcd
> >>[460008.202148] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04b8, idProduct=010b
> >>[460008.202155] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
> >>[460008.202159] usb 1-1.2: Product: Perfection1240
> >>[460008.202163] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: EPSON
> >>
> >>lsusb returns:
> >>
> >>Bus 001 Device 026: ID 04b8:010b Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 1240
> >>
> >>But scanimage --list-devices only show my notebook camera.
> >>The notebook is a Lenovo T410. My kernel is recent 3.2 stock kernel.
> >>
> >>Any ideas what to try?
> >Here are all the sane packages I've installed.
> >I guess that I am missing the correct backend.
> >Or possibly, udev is not creating the USB device.
> >
> >ii libksane-data 4:4.8.4-1 scanner library (data files)
> >ii libsane 1.0.22-7.3 API library for scanners
> >ii libsane-common 1.0.22-7.3 API library for scanners -- documentation and support files
> >ii libsane-extras 1.0.22.2 API library for scanners -- extra backends
> >ii libsane-extras-common 1.0.22.2 API library for scanners -- documentation and support files
> >ii libsane-hpaio 3.12.2-1 HP SANE backend for multi-function peripherals
> >ii libwine-sane 1.0.1-3.5 Windows API implementation - scanner module
> >ii sane 1.0.14-9 scanner graphical frontends
> >ii sane-utils 1.0.22-7.3 API library for scanners -- utilities
> >ii xsane 0.998-3+b1 featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
> >ii xsane-common 0.998-3 featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
> >
> >
> >>thanks,
> >>
> >>Joel
> Do you know for a fact that the scanner is working? I have USB
> devices that show up in lsusb that don't work. My Epson scanner just
> works. It's recognized the minute I turn it on.
Not for sure. It was a gift from a friend who was moving away.
--
Joel Roth
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