Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Dec 1998 16:53:00 -0600 (CST) | From | Craig E Condit <> | Subject | RE: SANE and Kernels 2.1.127-130 |
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> > run), or 2.1.127 which broke SANE. If I do a preview, the scanner locks > > up about halfway down the page, and also locks the application. Under > > kernel 2.1.129 I actually had a system lock up after attempting to > > access the scanner again. > > FYI, I too have experienced this. My configuration is similar to yours: > > 2.1.129 (UP) > Adaptec 2940UW > ID 0 - Iomega ZIP 100 > ID 1 - UMAX Astra 610S > > AMD K6-300/128MB RAM, 2 IDE HDs > > > I have tried this using all the above kernel versions, and with SANE > > 0.74 and the recently released SANE 1.0. I don't know what is causing > > the problem, and the system logs do not indicate a problem. I suspect > > the problem may lie in the SCSI generic code in the kernel, or in the > > ever-changing Adaptec aic7xxx driver.
> > I experienced the problem with SANE 1.0. I was previously using SANE > (I do not recall the version) under 2.1.126 without problems.
It would appear that 2.1.127 was the culprit release then.
> I don't get any log messages whatsoever, and I haven't experienced any > system lockups, but the scanner just sits there with its light on and > the scan head about halfway down the deck until I power cycle it (resetting > the computer does not reset the scanner).
Exactly the problem I get.
> Is there a configuration option for the aic7xxx driver that we can turn > on to enable debugging information, or any specific tests that we could > run to see what's going on? > > -Jon Burchmore
Interesting idea. I believe the SCSI code in the kernel can be told to report statistics under /proc/scsi, but I don't know about debugging info.
-Craig Condit
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