plustek@linuxhacker.org

Hi,

the problem here seems to be the initialization stuff for the parallelport.
Therefore the scanner is not detected anymore and the driver is not loaded.
It might be that the parallelport config is okay, but the new kernel treats it
in another way. First remove the printer, then unload the lp.o module.
Also make sure, that EPP or SPP mode is set in BIOS for the port...

Gerhard

On Sunday 19 October 2003 21:02, Jens-Peter Homann wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
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