From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Oct 22 16:39:20 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 918E3C1D02F for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2016 16:39:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) 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 48AC8779 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2016 16:39:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id u9MGdHcL032542 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 22 Oct 2016 10:39:17 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id u9MGdHNu032539; Sat, 22 Oct 2016 10:39:17 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 10:39:17 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Manish Jain cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Is it time to retire the scanner ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) 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]); Sat, 22 Oct 2016 10:39:18 -0600 (MDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 16:39:20 -0000 On Sat, 22 Oct 2016, Manish Jain wrote: > (ada0:ata0:0:1:0): READ_DMA48. ACB: 25 00 df ea ff 40 33 00 00 00 01 00 > (ada0:ata0:0:1:0): CAM status: Command timeout > (ada0:ata0:0:1:0): Retrying command > > I have no idea what the above means, but it does suggest to me that the > scanner cannot be blamed if it is still powered off. > > The newest things in the system are the PSU, cabinet, RAM, and DVD drive > - all swapped just yesterday. Could the DVD drive be the source ? Possibly, they do return noisy errors when no media is loaded. There was talk of silencing some of those lately. > Returning to the scanner, I have been running 'scanimage -L' as root. > Between 0 and 4 times in succession, the command reports normal output : > > > /root <<: scanimage -L > device `pixma:04A9176C_43130B' is a CANON Canon PIXMA MG2400 Series > multi-function peripheral > > And then suddenly, it goes dead > /root <<: scanimage -L > #does not return now This might be correctable with a USB quirk, or it might need modification of the FreeBSD USB code. Best to ask on the freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org mailing list. >> If the scanner works on XP, the hardware is fine. This is more likely a >> problem with USB and multifunction devices on FreeBSD. It could be >> solvable. > > Thanks for lending me hope. I am really struggling - just invested > something like USD 600 on a total system upgrade to make this superslick > machine. But it's all turning to ashes if the hardware starts going > bonkers already. > > Would you suggest I wait a while for some further proof to accumulate; > or I should try making a fresh install of FreeBSD 10.2/11 (my current > system 10.3). Post on the USB mailing list. They will probably ask for usbconfig output. Personally, I avoid multifunction devices. My Epson 1640SU scanner is old and large but worked fine on 10-STABLE (and long before) and continues to work in 12-CURRENT without any changes. It's noticeably faster than some new scanners. > Unrelated to this, there is a bug in 10.3 amd64 install - most of the > times I have set up 10.3, the installer forgets to put the boot code in > the MBR. So immediately after install, I have to run a live shell and > run boot0cfg to get the boot code there. This should be a separate thread.