plustek@linuxhacker.org

Dear all,

I own a 4830P parallel port scanner. It used to work for quite some time under 
older versions of SuSE Linux and is still operatable under Windows. I am not 
sure under which version of SuSE Linux it finally gave.
I am now using the SuSE Linux professional 8.2.
The basic hardware configuration did not change between the old Linux, the 
scanner worked with, and now. The parallel port is shared between the scanner 
and an Epson Stylus Color 880. The printer is working fine as it always has. 
Therefore, I assume that the configuration of the parallel port is in a good 
shape.
I tried the follwing:

-Sane 1.0.11 +Xsane from the SuSE-distribution is installed (as it was when it 
worked before, only that Sane and came in an older version)

- In the {/etc/sane.d/dll.conf}, only the plustek-listing is active

-I downloaded the {plustek-module-0_42_9.tar.gz}, unpacked it into some 
directory (not the sane-backends, because in SuSE, there is no such 
directory)

- I ran <make all> (as root because otherwise it stopped with an error)

- <make install> (everything fine until here, no errors)

- I put the listed three lines on the end of my {/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
>
(port =0x378 is matching the BIOS-entry on my computer)
and run a <depmod -a>

- Now I tried to load the driver: <make load> (as root and as normal user)
There comes the error-output:
<
/home/jens/kopien/Scanner/plustek_driver # make load
/sbin/modprobe pt_drv || exit 1
/lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB-athlon/misc/pt_drv.o: init_module: Success
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including 
invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB-athlon/misc/pt_drv.o: insmod /lib/
modules/2.4.20-4GB-athlon/misc/pt_drv.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB-athlon/misc/pt_drv.o: insmod pt_drv failed
make: *** [load] Fehler 1
/home/jens/kopien/Scanner/plustek_driver #
>

- Afterwards, a <scanimage -L> does not find any scanner, as excepted after 
that error.

After this procedure failed, I also tried the other way: 
I deleted the Sane which came along with SuSE and compiled and installed 
everthing manually. The problem is, everything was exactly as listed above: 
It worked fine until the <make load> operation and stopped there with the 
same-  (for me ununderstandable) error.


I really need my scanner to run and therefore my cry for help: 
Can you tell me what to do to fix this problem?


Thanks for your concerns and very best regards,
Jens-P. Homann