Mustek ScanExpress 12000SP for SuSE6.1
Falk Brettschneider
Is there anybody who can tell me how to get this scanner work? I want to
do this using it's ISA-PnP-SCSI-Controller card from the scanner
package, not a common SCSI-card like Adaptec...
I tried some things but actually I've got no real idea...
On MSWindows it works 'cause I've got the appropriate drivers.
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Ciao,
--Falk
James Tappin
>Hi,
>
>Is there anybody who can tell me how to get this scanner work? I want to
>do this using it's ISA-PnP-SCSI-Controller card from the scanner
>package, not a common SCSI-card like Adaptec...
>
Check out the sane-scsi and sane-mustek man pages, but I believe you've backed
a loser (something to do with the supplied adapter not having an interrupt
line). The scanner itself works fine on a regular SCSI card (mine's a mylex, I
got the scanner from the B-grade stock list [missing SCSI card & Software -- Oh
what a shame]) other than producing BGR images below 75dpi.
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Gert van der Knokke
> Hi,
>
> Is there anybody who can tell me how to get this scanner work? I want to
> do this using it's ISA-PnP-SCSI-Controller card from the scanner
> package, not a common SCSI-card like Adaptec...
>
> I tried some things but actually I've got no real idea...
>
Discard the supplied SCSI card and get a 'real' one, a cheap NCR810 card
will perform much, much better than the 'enhanced printer port SCSI card'
which comes with this scanner. You probably noticed you can't even move the
mouse while scanning (under Windblows) because of the polling system the
driver has to use since the card has no IRQ line..
Other usable SCSI cards: the reasonable cheap TekRam PCI scsi-2 card. (they
even supply Linux support on their ftp server, one of the first brands I
encountered mentioning Linux in their manuals)
Don't buy the ISA based Adaptec cards, performance will be much slower than
the PCI ones. And a scanner produces lots and lots of megabytes.
Adaptecs PCI cards (like 2940) are ok, but quite expensive though.
A scanner on a slow SCSI card will turn your Linux (and Windows) system
into a single tasking scanner system... :)
>
> On MSWindows it works 'cause I've got the appropriate drivers.
> --
>
> Ciao,
> --Falk
Gert
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>>
>>Is there anybody who can tell me how to get this scanner work? I want to
>>do this using it's ISA-PnP-SCSI-Controller card from the scanner
>>package, not a common SCSI-card like Adaptec...
>>
> a loser (something to do with the supplied adapter not having an interrupt
> line). The scanner itself works fine on a regular SCSI card (mine's a mylex, I
> got the scanner from the B-grade stock list [missing SCSI card & Software -- Oh
> what a shame]) other than producing BGR images below 75dpi.
For the 2.0.xx-Kernel there is a patch 'mustek-scsi-patch-0.7' on the net.
It was a bit tricky to apply, but I got it working a last.
The 2.2.xx should work with the adapter (a 3180e ?) but, in my case, does not.
Seems a 'real' host adapter is the better solution.
Falk Brettschneider
Gert van der Knokke wrote:
>
> Discard the supplied SCSI card and get a 'real' one, a cheap NCR810 card
> will perform much, much better than the 'enhanced printer port SCSI card'
> which comes with this scanner. You probably noticed you can't even move the
> mouse while scanning (under Windblows) because of the polling system the
> driver has to use since the card has no IRQ line..
>
> Other usable SCSI cards: the reasonable cheap TekRam PCI scsi-2 card. (they
> even supply Linux support on their ftp server, one of the first brands I
> encountered mentioning Linux in their manuals)
>
> Don't buy the ISA based Adaptec cards, performance will be much slower than
> the PCI ones. And a scanner produces lots and lots of megabytes.
> Adaptecs PCI cards (like 2940) are ok, but quite expensive though.
>
> A scanner on a slow SCSI card will turn your Linux (and Windows) system
> into a single tasking scanner system... :)
>
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Ciao,
--Falk
Falk Brettschneider
Is there anybody who can tell me how to get this scanner work there? I
want to
do this using it's ISA-PnP-SCSI-Controller card from the scanner
package, not a common SCSI-card like Adaptec...
--
Ciao,
--Falk