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Oh, oh, this doesn't look to good...
The problem seems, that you can't disable the EPP(ECP) on your chipset.
Can you please try and set the BIOS to output only and the option forceMode=1
for the ptdrv module. This forces the ptdrv not to use the autodetection.
Send us again the kernel output then
  Gerhard

On Dienstag, 8. April 2003 10:27, Ulrich Möhrke wrote:
> Hi Gerhard,
>
> I checked it again. My BIOS tells me, that parallel port was set to EPP. So
> I tried it again with all available parallel port modes. For kernel
> messages and output of commands "modprobe pt drv" and "scanimage -L" see
> the attachement.
> I used mov=4. It was to late in the evening to try it also with mov=0. I
> hope this doesn't matter for now.
> I forgot "export SANE DEBUG PLUSTEK=12". Hopefully it is not needed now.
>
> The result:
> With parallel port set to ECP a scanner was detected. XSANE could make one
> preview scan. The scanner moved back after this but maybe not exact to the
> initial position. The preview did not show anything usable - much color.
> The original was a white paper with black letters.
> After this no second scan was possible (only noise). Rebooting didn't help.
> I think using windows would initialize the scanner for a second test, but I
> did not try this yesterday.
>
> I hade a look into the scanner. Here comes something I found there. Maybe
> this helps. Hopefully I copied the numbers and letters without mistakes.
> * board (is this the right word here?):
> 	MAIDE IN TAIWAN R.O.C.
> 	11-01-421A
> * circuits (same question: right word?):
> -----------------
> P96003
> 9739WX030
> -----------------
> P97007
> 9806AAK
> -----------------
> GALVANTECH
> C26015-1
> TL9742
> GVT72024A8J
> -----------------
> TOSHIBA JAPAN
> TD62003AP 9804KS
> ----------------
>
>
> Best regards,
> Ulrich
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaeger, Gerhard
> To: plustek@linuxhacker.org
> Sent: 4/3/03 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re: no device found (9021)
>
> Hi Ulrich,
>
> your problem is the wrong parallel port setting. You should
> set this in the BIOS to SPP or EPP, but avoid in any case ECP.
> With your box, this sometimes seem to work, but not reproducible...
>
> The following is from your log:
> Mar 31 23:27:04 linux kernel: Try to claim the parport
> Mar 31 23:27:04 linux kernel: parport-modi: SPP PS/2 EPP EPP(ECP)
> PS/2(ECP)
> Mar 31 23:27:04 linux kernel: Using EPP-mode
>
> This should look like:
> linux kernel: parport-modi: SPP PS/2 EPP
> linux kernel: Using EPP-mode
>
> Hope this helps
>   Gerhard
>
> On Montag, 31. März 2003 23:36, ulrich.moehrke@gmx.de wrote:
> > Hi Gerhard,
> >
> > I come back to an old problem of mine where I have not done the last
>
> things
>
> > you wrote. Sorry for that. A long time I couldn't work with my scanner
> > because of many other things to do. I've lost your last mail, but I
> > remember that I didn't really understand and thought that I had done
>
> all
>
> > the things you wrote before.
> >
> >
> >
> > What's going on:
> > "modprobe pt drv" switches the lamp of my scanner on.
> > "scanimage -L" does not find a scanner.
> > "modprobe -r pt drv" does not switch the lamp of.
> > now "modprobe pt drv" failes.
> >
> >
> >
> > software:
> > suse 8.1
> > sane 1.0.8
> > plustek 0.45-5
> >
> >
> >
> > scanner:
> > OpticPro 9636P
> >
> >
> >
> > What have I done until now:
> >
> > - setting parport to EPP
> >
> > - enabled "DEBUG=y" in Makefile
> >
> > - added plustek into /etc/modules.conf
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > alias char-major-40	pt drv
> > pre-install pt drv modprobe -k parport
> > options pt drv lampoff=180 warmup=15 port=0x378 lOffonEnd=0 mov=0
>
> slowIO=1
>
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > I tried also mov=4
> >
> > - In sane config file /etc/sane.d/dll.conf line "plustek" enabled.
> > (Have done it myself, can you add this into documentation?)
> >
> > > export SANE DEBUG PLUSTEK=12
> > >
> > > modprobe pt drv
> >
> > switches lamp of the scanner on (output of "tail -f /var/log/messages"
>
> in
>
> > attachment)
> >
> > > scanimage -L
> >
> > no device found (output in attachment)
> >
> > > modprobe -r pt drv
> >
> > The lamp did not switch off.
> >
> > again:
> > > modprobe -r pt drv
> >
> > failed
> >
> >
> > You will find some output in attachments.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your help. What can I do to find the problem?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Ulrich
>
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