Scanner whoa-s - Finding my HP ScanJet scanner on FC6

[jim tate]

P Jones wrote:
> On 1/11/07, Whil Hentzen <linuxnews at hentzenwerke.com> wrote:
>> Trouble here in brew city...
>>
>> FC6 on a TP T30, fully patched and updated.
>>
>> HP ScanJet 6200C on a USB port that works fine with other devices (like
>> a mouse and a camera.) The Linux compatibility list has this on the 
>> list.
>>
>> Scanner has been working fine with other systems for years.
>>
>> xsane 0.991 can't find the scanner.
>>
>> So I run sane-find-scanner both as me and as root, and it reports no
>> results. Weird. I run lsusb and lo-and-behold...
>>
>> Bus 001 Device 011: ID..... Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 6200C
>>
>> Then I run xsane again and voila, there it is! Just posting this in case
>> someone else is trying to do the same thing. "Don't know what I did, but
>> it works now."
>>
>> I am happy, cuz it's a darn nifty scanner - big ol' flat bed.
>>
>> Whil Hentzen
>> Milwaukee
>
> Whil;
>
> Do you have to run lsusb every time you boot up to be able to scan?
>
> -P
>
If you run /sbin/lsusb one time after boot, to see if your scanner is 
seen on usb, then it should be enough.
Go to http://xsane.org and see if your scanner is compatible with sane.
do a Google on your scanner, Linux, HP scanjet 6200C , get feedback from 
other users.


Jim