primax: Thread: got the backend ! [ and an error :-( ]

Thanks to all the good advise i managed to get the files and do a configure and
a make. smooth sailing so far.
After the make install i ran primax_server and got stuck with a:

bash-2.04# primax_server
server_fd = 3
checking fd: 3
data_avail on fd 3 timeout 3
.checking fd: 3
data_avail on fd 3 timeout 3
.checking fd: 3
data_avail on fd 3 timeout 3
.checking fd: 3
data_avail on fd 3 timeout 3                                                    

Then i ran xsane and it said "no devices available"

Is primax_server suposed to generate the 'data_avail' message ?
Must i run xsane with an argument? (eg xsane /dev/scanner ?)

Hope that someone can help me out.

Kind regards,
@

PS primax_scan is working just fine, so hardware probs seems unlikely.

PPS Christian good luck with your exams !


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Hi

> Thanks to all the good advise i managed to get the files and do a configure
> and a make. smooth sailing so far.

This is a good news ;-)

> After the make install i ran primax_server and got stuck with a:
> data_avail on fd 3 timeout 3

And this is also a good news.
Did you start the server as root?
Okay, w short explanation of this message:
the server opens two named pipes in /tmp. Then it waits until a client (like 
Xsane) connects to these pipes. But there is also a planned feature for 
deferred turning off of the scanner lamp. For this the server must not block 
until the client connects but periocally unblock and test if it's time to 
switch the lamp off. Actually this is not done but a message is written.
So if you see this message, you know that the server is still alive.

> Then i ran xsane and it said "no devices available"
It seems that your the sane libaries are not installed in the correct path?
Check where the other sane libs are and install them there. 

Bye

   Andre

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>And this is also a good news.
>Did you start the server as root?
Yes !

>Okay, w short explanation of this message:
>the server opens two named pipes in /tmp. Then it waits until a client (like 
>Xsane) connects to these pipes. But there is also a planned feature for 
SNIP ><
It does create the two pipes, how do i tell xsane to use these pipes?
( xsane /tmp/client_px.fifo doesn't work )

>It seems that your the sane libaries are not installed in the correct path?
>Check where the other sane libs are and install them there. 
Do you have any suggestions on where the libraries SHOULD be?
I upgraded to suse7.0 and they might have choosen another dir to place the libs.
do you now a name of one of the libraries? i can do a find on it to see where it
is hiding.

Kind regards,
@



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