SCANNERS in Gentoo [SOLVED]

bacentergt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 82

I am a Newbie...

Is that possible to install SCANNERS in GENTOO??
How to do it??

I have a Canon CanoScan N124OU,
the scanner connects using USB port...

Thanks in advance
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fangorn · Veteran Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 1886

You can do "emerge sane-backend sane-frontend" and see for the docs to configure sane.

dont know if your scanner is supported though. There is a list of supported hardware at the sane project page.

Maedhros · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:30 am Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Kernel & Hardware.
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RuiP · l33t Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 643

Do you read http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_a_USB_scanner? It may help you.

paulbiz · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:01 pm Post subject:

I have an Epson Perfection 2400 scanner, it works perfectly (Epson even provides Linux SANE driver and a scanning GUI program with some basic photo adjustment features). I did a lot of research on the SANE supported devices list and Ebay before buying it (for $15.00 USD!).

bacentergt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 82

Ok, I went to the wikki How to,

As my scanner is CanoScan N124OU, I did:
nano -w plustek.conf in the sane.d directory and added the code:

[usb] 0x4a9 2x20e
device libusb:001:008

The lsusb output is:

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 04a9:220e Canon, Inc. CanoScan N1240U/LiDE 30
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 043d:0016 Lexmark International, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0451:2046 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2046 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

However when i run

JSharku · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:00 am Post subject:

You should use 0x220e instead of 2x20e. 0x is a prefix that means "the following is a hex number", 2x... doesn't mean anything.

Sharku
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bacentergt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 82

Does not work, I made changes but does not work,

I have put

Gentree · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:20 pm Post subject:

JESUS is the LORD, you could try prayer. I'm an athiest so I cant help. :cry:

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yabbadabbadont · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject:

Try removing the device line and the vendor ids after the [usb].

According to the /etc/sand.d/plustek.conf file comments, it should autoscan for the device if you configure the file like that. However, you need to be sure that your user is a member of both the USB and SCANNER groups. Use 'id username' to see the groups to which you belong. If your user is not in those groups, you can add them (as root) by 'gpasswd -a user group'.

I hope this helps.

EDIT: The sane project page lists your scanner as completely supported.

yabbadabbadont · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject:

After you have changed your config file back to its original state, and verified that you are in the usb and scanner goups, post the output of the following command:

bacentergt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 82

I followed the manual you recommended:

i92guboj · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:55 pm Post subject:

About the usb and permissions, there is something that I wrote some time ago about my epson scanner here:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-329637.html

Although it is not the same scanner, the procedure should be identical. Maybe that way you can identify where the problem is, it is writen like a step by step guide, so, you will notice on which stage the thingh is wrong. Hope that helps a little. :wink:

bacentergt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 82

Thanks but your article ends where i want to start:

how to run xsane??

when I use the command:

i92guboj · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:25 am Post subject:

Emerge xsane again. If you want to see what are the files installed, do "equery f xsane" to see if the binary file is where it is supposed to be.

bacentergt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 82

Emerged again and its running..

Thank you all
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