Thanks, It is connected through a scsi port and I use a kernel 2.4.21EL

Thank you for ur time,

M B

Peace!

I have initiated the following command, $ scan-find-scaner and I had this message; No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

What does it mean to load a scsi driver for my scsi adaptor?

Thank you for ur time,

M B

that's supposed to be "sane-find-scanner"

try "lspci" to see if the pci scsi card is seen. If you have "pcimodules" try it and compare its output to "lsmod" output. try to modprobe missing modules.

for sane scanner support always look here :

http://sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl

and use a decent distro, try mandrake or knoppix.

post your findings here.

Peace!

What do you mean by descent? please explain.

Thank you for ur time,

M B

It means I don't beleive you should waste your time with FC or RHEL.

2.4 kernels are quite old. try a 2.6 one.

can you list SCSI devices

cat /proc/scsi/scsi

I used to be indecisive .. but now I'm not so sure

I had to install some additional kernel packages from third-party distros to get an old SCSI controler running

I used to be indecisive .. but now I'm not so sure

Peace!

mborn@hatim mborn$ cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATAPI Model: COMBO48XMAX Rev: 1.20 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 mborn@hatim mborn$

Thank you for ur time,

M B

your kernel needs to have SCSI support built into the kernel when its compiled or as a module

I used to be indecisive .. but now I'm not so sure

Dear Pronco,

I am all ears to kow what you did so I can make my scanner work.

Thank you for ur time,

M B

You mean I should change all the hardware I have each time I fail to make it work under Linux!? Well, what about other OS which use these SAME HW and make all the work without complaining, and never break up in the middle of the way? We are talking about an OS which we defy the world with, right? then I think we should find solutions, and not just ask people to change the whole world for the new (and yet Powerful) OS we have at our hand. This is what I have in mind when I talk about freedom. We are to free ourselves from the old and proprietary stuff...but also should be able to use what we WAISTED our money on, otherwise,... the whole idea will collapse

PS./ Ironically, just few posts above, someone here said he could make it work!!! You see I was not the only INSANE one here if you still think that those who try it are!

Thank you for ur time,

M B

I don't get it, is it parallel or scsi?

cheers, Alaa

http://www.manalaa.net "i`m feeling for the 2nd time like alice in wonderland reading el wafd"

If someone got it to work, he did his homework. Do your homework instead of writing these things.

When we advise someone to replace his hardware, it's because the hardware is not effecient. Like the well known motorolla SM56. You don't have to do it though.

I gave you some commands you didn't try them.

We gave you the scanner database and you didn't look

I looked at the database and it seems there is no scanner with that name that works on the scsi bus.

Maybe it's LPT ( parallel ) and you don't know.

I recommended you install mandrake, or try knoppix livecd.

If you want to stick to FC or RHEL then get a 2.6 kernel RPM from rawhide.

Although, it produces OK pictures. It is a horrible peice of malfunctioning plastic when it comes to transfering data to the PC.

• It freezes windows alot.
• It lacked winXp drivers for a very long time. and added support is messy. I had a hard time getting it to work properly with the drivers it comes with. And windowsXP suddenly claims that there are no scanners installed.
• Its software hasn't been updated for a loooonong time.
• Parallel scanners transfere rates are very slow.
• Its a very old scanner also.
• Scanners are no longer expensive.

You know what I am going to do.. I am going to sell it via ewaseet and buy a new one. But before I buy a new one, I am going to check the SANE database first.

If however you have the time and energy to reverse engineer the proprietary protocol that this scanner use... go ahead, you will make lots of people happy.

Mostafa Hussein