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Dr. Harry Knitter

2007-10-15, 1:14 pm

hello,

my problem is that ma scanner (Mustek BearPaw TA 2448 Pro) is not shown as
device e.g. /dev/usb/scanner0 or /dev/usbscanner0.
I already had it working once. However, now not even the device appeas
in /dev anymore.
How can I get it back?

Thanks in advance.

Harry
sk8r-365

2007-10-15, 1:14 pm

Horton heard a Who named Dr. Harry Knitter saying:
> hello,
>
> my problem is that ma scanner (Mustek BearPaw TA 2448 Pro) is not shown as
> device e.g. /dev/usb/scanner0 or /dev/usbscanner0.
> I already had it working once. However, now not even the device appeas
> in /dev anymore.
> How can I get it back?


Don't use a scanner, so this is a guess: is it in /media after connecting?

--
sk8r-365
People don't die; only bodies do.
Dr. Harry Knitter

2007-10-15, 7:11 pm

sk8r-365 wrote:

> Horton heard a Who named Dr. Harry Knitter saying:
>
> Don't use a scanner, so this is a guess: is it in /media after connecting?
>


No it isn?t.
The scanner can be listed in lsusb. However no scanner device is present.


sk8r-365

2007-10-15, 7:11 pm

Horton heard a Who named Dr. Harry Knitter saying:
> sk8r-365 wrote:
>
> No it isn?t.
> The scanner can be listed in lsusb. However no scanner device is present.


You're using SANE or some front-end? Is the scanner supported by SANE? What
distribution did it work with? You're using Debian Etch? Is there an udev rule
written for it currently? If there's a group for user sane (scanner), are you a
member? Can "root" use the scanner?

--
sk8r-365
People don't die; only bodies do.
Dr. Harry Knitter

2007-10-16, 1:12 am

sk8r-365 wrote:

> Horton heard a Who named Dr. Harry Knitter saying:
>
> You're using SANE or some front-end? Is the scanner supported by SANE?
> What distribution did it work with? You're using Debian Etch? Is there an
> udev rule written for it currently? If there's a group for user sane
> (scanner), are you a member? Can "root" use the scanner?
>


The scanner is supported by sane. However, the backend cannot be loaded
because there is no /dev/usbscanner0 or /dev/usb/scanner0

Harry
SteveSch

2007-10-17, 1:13 am

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:06:07 +0200, Dr. Harry Knitter wrote:

> my problem is that ma scanner (Mustek BearPaw TA 2448 Pro) is not shown as
> device e.g. /dev/usb/scanner0 or /dev/usbscanner0.
> I already had it working once. However, now not even the device appeas
> in /dev anymore.
> How can I get it back?


Are you using Etch?

Did you upgrade any of the software/system? Add any cards?

Unplug the scanner and plug it back in.

As root type

tail -n 14 /var/log/messages

That should tell you where/if it is being seen by the system.

Steve
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