plustek@linuxhacker.org

     Hello

I bought a new scanner a epson 1260. I want to get it working using 
redhat 8.0 (i've been using now for a month so i'm very new to linux)

I installed :

plustek sane-0.4.5.-3 tar.gz

Sane backends-1.0.10.tar.gz

iscan 1.5.0.6 i386 rpm

All this according to the readme files

When i start iscan I get : could not send command to scanner

When I start xsane I get : no devices available

This is what I have in the usb part of  /etc/sane.d/plustek.conf :
 (forget the smiley's, they are a screw up since I copied this from a 
dutch forum where I posted)

# NOTE: autodetection is safe, as it uses the info it got
# from the USB subsystem. If you're not using the
# autodetection, you MUST have attached that device
# at your USB-port, that you have specified...
#

[usb] 0x04b8 0x011d
usb /dev/usb/scanner0


#
# options for the previous USB entry
#
# switch lamp off after xxx secs, 0 disables the feature
option lampOff 300

# warmup period in seconds, 0 means no warmup
option warmup 30

# 0 means leave lamp-status untouched, not 0 means switch off
# on sane_close
option lOffOnEnd 1
option enableTPA1
#

When I type cat/proc/usb/devices  I get :

T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
B: Alloc=129/900 us (14%), #Int= 2, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
S: Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
S: SerialNumber=c000
C #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 4
D: Ver= 1.01 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=05e3 ProdID=0604 Rev= 0.12
S: Product=USB Hub
C #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=100mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=255ms
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 4 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=ff MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=04b8 ProdID=011d Rev= 1.00
S: Manufacturer=EPSON
S: Product=EPSON Scanner
C #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 2mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=ff Driver=(none)
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=16ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=03(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=03 Cnt=02 Dev#= 5 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=046d ProdID=c501 Rev= 9.10
S: Manufacturer=Logitech
S: Product=USB Receiver
C #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr= 50mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=hid
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=10ms
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 3 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=04a9 ProdID=105b Rev= 2.20
S: Manufacturer=Canon
S: Product=S600
S: SerialNumber=66BMp7
C #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 2mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usblp
E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
[root@Bp6 root]#


sane-find-scanner gives :

[root@Bp6 root]# sane-find-scanner

# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure 
that
# you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x011d [EPSON 
Scanner]) at libusb:001:004
# A USB device was detected. This program can't be sure if it's really
# a scanner. If it is your scanner, it may or may not be supported by
# SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

# Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports 
can't be
# detected by this program.
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
[root@Bp6 root]#


I ran :

export SANE_DEBUG_PLUSTEK=12
export SANE_DEBUG_DLL=12

This gave me a report that went over into a running screen full off    
????????????????????????????

the scanner turned on its light and the head moved about 5-10 cm's.

sane-find-scanner gives :

[root@Bp6 root]# sane-find-scanner

# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure 
that
# you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x011d [EPSON 
Scanner]) at libusb:001:004
# A USB device was detected. This program can't be sure if it's really
# a scanner. If it is your scanner, it may or may not be supported by
# SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

# Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports 
can't be
# detected by this program.
[root@Bp6 root]#


scanimage -L gives :

[root@Bp6 root]# scanimage -L
device `plustek:libusb:001:004' is a Epson Perfection 1260/Photo USB 
flatbed scanner
[root@Bp6 root]#

Anyone any idea what I did wrong ???