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Date:      Wed, 1 May 2002 08:06:33 -0700
From:      chip.wiegand@simrad.com
To:        wblock@wonkity.com
Cc:        chip.wiegand@simrad.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sane & scanner problem
Message-ID:  <OF7CD3D66E.25572A44-ON88256BAC.0052E1E0-88256BAC.00530C90@simrad.no>

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Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote on 04/29/2002 04:49:45 PM:

> On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote:
> 
> > I have an HP scanner that is supported by Sane, connected by USB to
> > my FBSD-4.5R box. I installed sane-frontends and sane-backends and
> > xsane. When I run gimp - menu item Extns/Acquire Image/Settings, I
> > get a message on the screen 'xcanimage: no scanners were identified.
> > If you were expecting something differant check to make sure the
> > scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by sane-find-scanner
> > (if appropriate)...' I ran sane-find-scanner as root and it finds,
> > but doesn't identify, the scanner on uscanner0. How do I get it to
> > identify my scanner so it can be used?
> 
> cd to /usr/local/etc/sane.d and look at hp.conf.  You'll probably need
> to add
> 
> usb /dev/uscanner0
> 
> to that file.
> 
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA

Okay, so I've done that and I still get the same error message. I didn't
restart X or fbsd though, do I need to? I installed xsane and it also 
reports
no devices found.

--
chip

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