On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 06:44 -0500, Gary Waters wrote:
Hi,
I was given a canoscan N640P scanner and simply cannot get this thing to work in Fedora core 6. I've googled until my mind turned to mush. I found considerable info on configuring sane with this unit, and followed everything step-by-step, but to no avail. The unit definitely works in XP. Any clues, pointers, rain dances, astrological forecasts, or even Nostradamus quotes regarding a solution would be greatly appreciated...
Nostrodamus asks, "Is it SCSI, Parallel or USB?" Since I already channel Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Hunter Thompson, ole Nostros grabbed a piece of my brain too, to ask for clarification.
What you may not have done is open the lid after invoking sane. It'll go lurch-lurch and be ready to scan. My HP refuses to scan unless I open and shut the lid at times, especially if I put the picture in, then crank up sane after. I did all that you did, beat myself up, brain turned to mush, etc. Then discovered this "feature". A grown man crying is a pitiful thing to see. :) Ric