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David Koski

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Dec 7, 2002, 11:25:08 PM12/7/02
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Hello,

Stats: BusLogic adapter, ScanMaker E6 scanner, SuSE 8.1 fresh install.

Other adapter: aha2940uw.

The scanner is set to scsi id 6 and the BusLogic bios diagnostics shows it
as such but when scanning for devices, here is what happens:

# scanimage -L
device `microtek:/dev/sg15' is a Microtek ScanMaker E6 flatbed scanner
device `microtek:/dev/sg14' is a Microtek ScanMaker E6 flatbed scanner
device `microtek:/dev/sg13' is a Microtek ScanMaker E6 flatbed scanner
device `microtek:/dev/sg12' is a Microtek ScanMaker E6 flatbed scanner
device `microtek:/dev/sg11' is a Microtek ScanMaker E6 flatbed scanner
device `microtek:/dev/sg10' is a Microtek ScanMaker E6 flatbed scanner
device `microtek:/dev/sg9' is a Microtek ScanMaker E6 flatbed scanner
device `microtek:/dev/sg8' is a Microtek ScanMaker E6 flatbed scanner
device `microtek:/dev/sg7' is a Microtek ScanMaker E6 flatbed scanner
device `microtek:/dev/sg6' is a Microtek ScanMaker E6 flatbed scanner
device `microtek:/dev/sg5' is a Microtek ScanMaker E6 flatbed scanner

Also, scanimage produces "Segmentation fault". The scanner is the only
device on the BusLogic and the Adaptec has 2 hard disks, cd-rw, zip, tape
and cd. I guess that is not revelant.

1. Why is the device is repeated.

2. Is that why scanimage Segment faults.

TIA,
Daivd Koski
da...@KosmosIsland.com

Walt Harris

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Dec 8, 2002, 10:12:44 AM12/8/02
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David Koski wrote:


Is the scanner the last device in the external chain and is it
terminated properly? If you have another terminator, I'd suggest trying
to swap them. I didn't have this problem, but my SCSI scanner had misc
problems until I put a new terminator on it.

David Koski

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Dec 8, 2002, 3:04:43 PM12/8/02
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On Sun, 08 Dec 2002 09:12:44 +0000, Walt Harris wrote:

> David Koski wrote:

<snip>

> Is the scanner the last device in the external chain and is it
> terminated properly? If you have another terminator, I'd suggest trying
> to swap them. I didn't have this problem, but my SCSI scanner had misc
> problems until I put a new terminator on it.

Yes, and yes. It is the only device on the BusLogic, and it is terminated
at the scanner.

Thanks,
David

David Koski

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Dec 8, 2002, 8:55:16 PM12/8/02
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More info; /proc/scsi/scsi shows that the duplicate scanner devices are
assigned unique LUNs:

# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: DDYS-T18350N Rev: SA2A
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: UNISYS Model: 006405ST19101W Rev: 8B03
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: J.03
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CRW4260 Rev: 1.0h
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-9000 Rev: 0601
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 01
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 02
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 03
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 04
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 05
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 06
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 07
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 08
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 09
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 10
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 11
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 12
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 13
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 14
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 15
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 16
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 17
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 18
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 19
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 20
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 21
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 22
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 23
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 24
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 25
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 26
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 27
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 28
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 29
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 30
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 31
Vendor: Model: Scanner 600 Rev: 1.90
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 03

David

Jason Adams

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Dec 10, 2002, 1:38:07 AM12/10/02
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David Koski wrote:

> On Sun, 08 Dec 2002 12:04:42 +0000, David Koski wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 08 Dec 2002 09:12:44 +0000, Walt Harris wrote:
>>
>>> David Koski wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Is the scanner the last device in the external chain and is it
>>> terminated properly? If you have another terminator, I'd suggest trying
>>> to swap them. I didn't have this problem, but my SCSI scanner had misc
>>> problems until I put a new terminator on it.
>>
>> Yes, and yes. It is the only device on the BusLogic, and it is
>> terminated at the scanner.

This article in the SuSE knowledge base refers to cdburners, but
it might work for scanners too.....

http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/max_scsi_luns.html


--
JSA
Anchorage Alaska

David Koski

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Dec 10, 2002, 4:18:01 AM12/10/02
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Right on! Now my scanner works perfectly with "Segmentation faults" too!

Thanks,
David Koski
da...@KosmosIsland.com

jolphil

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Dec 10, 2002, 9:24:58 AM12/10/02
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Jason Adams <j...@kona.homeip.net> wrote in message news:<uvb2ufo...@corp.supernews.com>...


David,
I have the exact same problem with my scanner(microtec E6) on SuSe8
but on the very same system,Suse 7.1 did not have this problem..Go
Figure..
Goodluck,
JP

David Koski

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Dec 10, 2002, 12:35:29 PM12/10/02
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JP,

I too have had 7.1 on the same hardware without problems. Even 8.0, but
with 8.1 I have to have the following boot options:

ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off

Add to that:

max_scsi_luns=1

..to make my scanner work. But it works great now--no device repeats in
the device list, no segmentation faults. Correction on my
previous post done in haste:

Now my scanner works perfectly *withOUT* "Segmentation faults" too!

Regards,
David


David Koski

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Dec 10, 2002, 7:17:10 PM12/10/02
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On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:35:27 +0000, David Koski wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 06:24:58 +0000, jolphil wrote:

<snip>



> I too have had 7.1 on the same hardware without problems. Even 8.0, but
> with 8.1 I have to have the following boot options:
>
> ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off
>
> Add to that:
>
> max_scsi_luns=1
>
> ..to make my scanner work. But it works great now--no device repeats in
> the device list, no segmentation faults. Correction on my
> previous post done in haste:
>
> Now my scanner works perfectly *withOUT* "Segmentation faults" too!

Unfortunately, my joy was short lived. sane has decided to seg fault
without fail again.

David

Jason Adams

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Dec 10, 2002, 10:55:14 PM12/10/02
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David Koski wrote:

Hey, you can't have everything!! ;-)

>
> Thanks,
> David Koski
> da...@KosmosIsland.com

--
JSA
Anchorage Alaska

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