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Date:      Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:57:57 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: HP Scanner:: zilch
Message-ID:  <20051223214832.Q1110@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20051223005350.GD2613@thought.org>
References:  <20051222221658.GA2457@thought.org> <20051222164245.X93782@wonkity.com> <20051223005350.GD2613@thought.org>

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On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Gary Kline wrote:

>> My Epson requires this line in epson.conf:
>>
>> usb /dev/uscanner0
>>
>> The hp.conf file kind of implies something similar, but I can't tell
>> whether it would want the line above or this:
>>
>> /dev/uscanner0
>>   option connect-device
>
> 	Hm, this is strange. I have two hp files in sane.d, both sseem
> 	oriented toward Linux.  There is an entry for the 4100c in
> 	"hp.conf", but it wants to create /dev/scanner.

That line tells sane which device to use.  In FreeBSD, that's 
/dev/uscanner0.

> root@tao:/usr/local/etc/sane.d# ll hp*
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  497 Dec 22 16:40 hp.conf
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  238 Oct  9 23:09 hp5400.conf
>
>> From "hp.conf"::
>
> root@tao:/usr/local/etc/sane.d# more hp.conf
> scsi HP
> # Uncomment the following if you have "Error during device I/O" on SCSI
> #   option dumb-read
> #
> # The usual place for a SCSI-scanner on Linux
> /dev/scanner
> #
> # USB-scanners supported by the hp-backend
> # HP ScanJet 4100C
> usb 0x03f0 0x0101
> 	.
> 	.
> 	.
>
> Would it make sense to create an "hp4100.conf" with your epson line
> "usb /dev/uscanner0" as a first line?

It looks like all HP scanners other than the HP5400 are defined in 
hp.conf, so use that one.

> I am missing /dev/uscanner0.  How is this /dev created?

When the kernel detects the USB scanner, it should create 
/dev/uscanner0.  Back in 5.4 or so, my Thinkpad would not detect the 
scanner unless I hot-plugged the USB cable (leaving the scanner 
connected and just powering it on did not work).  On a desktop system, 
just turning on the scanner with the USB cable works.

All of this may have changed with 6.0, to which you should upgrade 
unless you have a very compelling reason to stick with the obsolete 5.3.

> q2 16:27 <tao> [5015] kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
> 1   11 0xc0400000 5e7530   kernel
> 2   14 0xc09e8000 537f0    acpi.ko
> 3    1 0xc1aaf000 2000     blank_saver.ko
> 4    1 0xc1ad1000 17000    linux.ko
> 5    1 0xc2352000 3000     uscanner.ko
>
> Does this output look right?  This may be right the scanner
> wasn't seen.  I figured that by kldloading uscanner.ko,
> /dev/uscanner0 would be auto-created.  I need some other
> magic.

I have the USB modules in my kernel, so I don't see it in kldstat.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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