OT - Please Help with sane / scanner

[Kevin Kempter]

Hi List ;

I bought a Plustek OpticSlim M12 sheetfeed usb scanner.
If I run sane-find-scanner I see the following:
found USB scanner (vendor=0x07b3, product=0x0412 [600dpi USB Scanner], 
chip=GT-6816?) at libusb:002:004
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported 
by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

However if I run scanimage -L I get this:
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).

I dont know where to go from here...

Thanks in advance for any help

[Jeff Vian]

On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:01 -0700, [e-mail]
wrote:
> Hi List ;
>
> I bought a Plustek OpticSlim M12 sheetfeed usb scanner.
> If I run sane-find-scanner I see the following:
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x07b3, product=0x0412 [600dpi USB Scanner], 
> chip=GT-6816?) at libusb:002:004
>   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported 
> by
>   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
>
> However if I run scanimage -L I get this:
> No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
> check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
> sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
> which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).

It says to run sane-find-scanner.  Did you?
> I dont know where to go from here...
>
> Thanks in advance for any help

[Kevin Kempter]

On Tuesday 01 November 2005 00:46, Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:01 -0700, [e-mail]
>
> wrote:
> > Hi List ;
> >
> > I bought a Plustek OpticSlim M12 sheetfeed usb scanner.
> > If I run sane-find-scanner I see the following:
> > found USB scanner (vendor=0x07b3, product=0x0412 [600dpi USB Scanner],
> > chip=GT-6816?) at libusb:002:004
> >   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be
> > supported by
> >   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
> >
> > However if I run scanimage -L I get this:
> > No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
> > check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
> > sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
> > which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
>
> It says to run sane-find-scanner.  Did you?
> > I dont know where to go from here...
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help

Yes. This is what it reports:
$ sane-find-scanner

# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure 
that
  # you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
  # Also you need support for SCSI Generic (sg) in your operating system.
  # If using Linux, try "modprobe sg".

found USB scanner (vendor=0x07b3, product=0x0412, chip=GT-6816?) at 
libusb:002:005
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported 
by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

# Not checking for parallel port scanners.

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

# You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you
  # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
  # necessary.

[Jeff Vian]

On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:00 -0700, [e-mail]
wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 November 2005 00:46, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:01 -0700, [e-mail]
> >
> > wrote:
> > > Hi List ;
> > >
> > > I bought a Plustek OpticSlim M12 sheetfeed usb scanner.
> > > If I run sane-find-scanner I see the following:
> > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x07b3, product=0x0412 [600dpi USB Scanner],
> > > chip=GT-6816?) at libusb:002:004
> > >   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be
> > > supported by
> > >   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
> > >
> > > However if I run scanimage -L I get this:
> > > No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
> > > check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
> > > sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
> > > which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
> >
> > It says to run sane-find-scanner.  Did you?
> > > I dont know where to go from here...
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Yes. This is what it reports:
> $ sane-find-scanner
>
> # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure 
> that
>   # you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
>   # Also you need support for SCSI Generic (sg) in your operating system.
>   # If using Linux, try "modprobe sg".
>
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x07b3, product=0x0412, chip=GT-6816?) at 
> libusb:002:005
>   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported 
> by
>   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
>
> # Not checking for parallel port scanners.
>
> # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
>   # can't be detected by this program.
>
> # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you
>   # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
>   # necessary.

The scanner was found.  Now you need to get it functional.

Pay attention to (at minimum) the recommendations by the tools.  Check
devices, permissions, etc. at each stage of the process.  You may need
to create a sym link for /dev/scanner as well.

I have a scanner that is NOT supported AFAIK (last checked a couple
months ago) so I have not even gotten as far as it seems you have, but
from experiences with other devices I know that something as innocuous
as permissions can trip up the best of us.

[Kevin Kempter]

On Tuesday 01 November 2005 01:24, Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:00 -0700, [e-mail]
>
> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 01 November 2005 00:46, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:01 -0700, [e-mail]
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi List ;
> > > >
> > > > I bought a Plustek OpticSlim M12 sheetfeed usb scanner.
> > > > If I run sane-find-scanner I see the following:
> > > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x07b3, product=0x0412 [600dpi USB
> > > > Scanner], chip=GT-6816?) at libusb:002:004
> > > >   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be
> > > > supported by
> > > >   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
> > > >
> > > > However if I run scanimage -L I get this:
> > > > No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something
> > > > different, check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and
> > > > detected by the sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read
> > > > the documentation which came with this software (README, FAQ,
> > > > manpages).
> > >
> > > It says to run sane-find-scanner.  Did you?
> > > > I dont know where to go from here...
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance for any help
> >
> > Yes. This is what it reports:
> > $ sane-find-scanner
> >
> > # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make
> > sure that
> >   # you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
> >   # Also you need support for SCSI Generic (sg) in your operating system.
> >   # If using Linux, try "modprobe sg".
> >
> > found USB scanner (vendor=0x07b3, product=0x0412, chip=GT-6816?) at
> > libusb:002:005
> >   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be
> > supported by
> >   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
> >
> > # Not checking for parallel port scanners.
> >
> > # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary
> > ports # can't be detected by this program.
> >
> > # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once
> > you # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
> > # necessary.
>
> The scanner was found.  Now you need to get it functional.
>
> Pay attention to (at minimum) the recommendations by the tools.  Check
> devices, permissions, etc. at each stage of the process.  You may need
> to create a sym link for /dev/scanner as well.
>
> I have a scanner that is NOT supported AFAIK (last checked a couple
> months ago) so I have not even gotten as far as it seems you have, but
> from experiences with other devices I know that something as innocuous
> as permissions can trip up the best of us.

Thanks for the advice.

Any thoughts on which device to setup a link to since the scaner was found as 
libusb:002:005 ?

[Travis Fraser]

On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 19:11 -0700, [e-mail]
wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 November 2005 01:24, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:00 -0700, [e-mail]
> >
> > wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 01 November 2005 00:46, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:01 -0700, [e-mail]
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi List ;
> > > > >
> > > > > I bought a Plustek OpticSlim M12 sheetfeed usb scanner.
> > > > > If I run sane-find-scanner I see the following:
> > > > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x07b3, product=0x0412 [600dpi USB
> > > > > Scanner], chip=GT-6816?) at libusb:002:004
> > > > >   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be
> > > > > supported by
> > > > >   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

<snip>
> Any thoughts on which device to setup a link to since the scaner was found as 
> libusb:002:005 ?

http://www.sane-project.org/docs.html
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljm/SANE-faq.html

You do _not_ set up a link to /dev/scanner. AFAIK that was for 2.4
kernels and the kernel scanner driver. In /etc/sane.d/dll.conf you
uncomment the backend for your scanner.