From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Jul 10 19:23:06 2014
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org
 [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 09E68779
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:23:06 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits))
 (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified))
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ABC3B2B81
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:23:05 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1])
 by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s6AJN3Ox084035
 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO);
 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:23:04 -0600 (MDT)
 (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com)
Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost)
 by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id s6AJN3oG084032;
 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:23:03 -0600 (MDT)
 (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com)
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:23:03 -0600 (MDT)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <ulrich@pukruppa.de>
Subject: Re: Unsupported image scanner ...
In-Reply-To: <53BED080.8050200@pukruppa.de>
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407101320220.1540@wonkity.com>
References: <53BED080.8050200@pukruppa.de>
User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3
 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:23:04 -0600 (MDT)
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:23:06 -0000

On Thu, 10 Jul 2014, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have got an unsupported USB image scanner (EPSON PERFECTION V300
> PHOTO) attached to my FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE amd64 .
> Though I would like to have some fun with it ... This is how far I got:
>
> # dmesg
> [...]
> ugen5.2: <EPSON> at usbus5
>
>
> # usbconfig list
> [...]
> ugen5.2: <EPSON Scanner EPSON> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH
> (480Mbps) pwr=ON (2mA)
>
> # sane-find-scanner -q
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x0131 [EPSON
> Scanner]) at libusb:/dev/usb:/dev/ugen5.2
>
> but:
>
> # scanimage -L
>
> 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).
>
>
> So I typed a line into /usr/local/etc/sane.d/epson2.conf :
> 	usb 0x04b8 0x0131
>
> The result for scanimage -L remains the same as above. I wouldn't
> exactly expect my scanner to work, but at least it could identify
> itself. Perhaps there is a problem with file and device permissions?

Shown here as unsupported but using the epkowa driver: 
http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html

Some scanners need a firmware download before they can do anything.  But 
the unsupported could just mean "does not work at all".