From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 23 00:19:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53FF916A41F for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:19:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE7DE43D4C for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:19:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jBN0JXh2003775; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:19:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jBN0JVKJ003774; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:19:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:19:31 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: albi Message-ID: <20051223001931.GC2613@thought.org> References: <20051222221658.GA2457@thought.org> <20051222232637.90542f5c.albi@scii.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051222232637.90542f5c.albi@scii.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 19 years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP Scanner:: zilch X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:19:37 -0000 On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 11:26:37PM +0100, albi wrote: > On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:16:58 -0800 > Gary Kline wrote: > > > Before I write off the HP Scanjet 4100c, I thought it's > > best to check with the list first. > > > > I have "device usb" in the kernel; I did a kernel load of > > uscanner.ko and a kldstat shows that the module is there. > > My two USB ports seem to be alive. Is there a command to > > double-check?? > > two commands to try : > > scanimage -L > sane-find-scanner > > (you might want to try this as root if you don't find anything as a > normal user, after (scanner is found) that fix permissions) > Nada. Either the transformer isn't working or the unit itseld is defective. Or *both*. That's what comes with "AS-IS". How can i be sure that my dual USB ports are working? Is "usbstats" (?) the right utility? Again, I know 0.0 about USB. thanks in advance, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix