plustek@linuxhacker.org

On Mit, 13 Sep 2000, maria obermayr wrote:
> hallo,
> 
> I tried to install my plustek scanner (parallel port with an extended
> card, so I have three parports, 1st port is 3BC, which I use for this
> scanner, /etc/modules.config is configured).
> with sane_1.0.3; in the  plustek driver -plustek-sane-0_36_18.tar.gz-
> there is a description for installing, and so did I. But in the end,
> when I tried <scanimage -L> this wasn´t found by the pc.
> 
> what could I do wrong? I have no ideas. I tried many different
> install-variations, but noone worked.
> 
> please post me, if someone has an idea.
> 
> thanks very much
> 
> ria <maria.obermayr@telma.at>

Hi Maria,

there are several points you might check:

Is the driver loaded?
Is the scanner enabled in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf?
Is there a /etc/sane.d/plustek.conf?
Is there a device called /dev/pt_drv?
Do you have read/write access to this device?

Check this and post your results.
Gerhard