[kde-linux] scanner installation

[Werner Joss]

> Am Donnerstag 21 Juli 2005 09:11 schrieb Thierry de Coulon:
>> On Thursday, 21 July 2005 02.19, Stefan Fuhrmann wrote:
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I'm using Kubuntu and want to install an old scanner. On the liveCD I
>> was
>> > able to select a scanner in controlcenter. No I have installed kubuntu
>> > and there are some missing entrys in control center like infrared and
>> > scanner.
>> >
>> > I googeld a lot but cant find the information which package I have to
>> > install to get a scanner running (okay sane but thats all).
>> >
>> > Can someone tell me which packages I need to install a scanner with
>> KDE?
>> >
>> > -tia
>> >
>> > stefan
>>
>> First, you don't "install a scanner with KDE". If you have access to
>> your
>> scanner with Linux, you can use it with any user interface. So this is
>> the
>> way to go. Scanners are usually installed at the OS level (Yast for SuSE
>> e.g., I don't know for kubuntu).
>>
>> Second, there are two ways I am aware of to get a scanner to work. The
>> main
>> (and inexpensive) way is to use SANE. Once SANE is working, there are
>> several applications that can access it, Kooka being the KDE app I
>> remember, although I never really used it. I use a commercial
>> application
>> named"Viewscan" that uses it's own drivers to access the scanner(s)
>>
>> Finally, if the above does not help, you should tell us what scanner you
>> are using (brand, model). Its difficult to know what an "old" scanner is
>> (some people would say a model from last year is "old"), but as a rule
>> of
>> thumb:
>>
>> - parallel port scanners are poorly supported
>> - early usb scanners were often converted parallel scanners and fall in
>> the
>> same category
>>
>> Thierry
>
> okay, the old scanner is a Mustek 600 II CD ( 5-6years old) and its
> supported
> by sane. There is an isa-card (SCSI) for the scanner. When I do
> "cat /proc/scsi/scsi"
> root at ubuntu:~# ls -l /dev/sg*
> ls: /dev/sg*: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden (this means "file or
> directory not found"
> root at ubuntu:~# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> Attached devices:
> root at ubuntu:~#
> you see its emty. I have no idea what I should do know.
> "modpdrobe sg" is okay!
>
> Can someone can explain me what are the next steps to get it running?
>
> tia
> stefan
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