Vendor syntax error

Harry G hg57
Mon May 17 12:02:09 PDT 2004


On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 16:39, Net Llama! wrote:
> On 05/08/04 12:34, Harry G wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 12:17, Net Llama! wrote:
> > 
> >>On 05/08/04 08:58, Harry G wrote:
> >>
> >>>I am installing a HP scanner on my wifes system.  I do a cat
> >>>/proc/bus/usb/devices, and it returns the following info for the
> >>>scanner:
> >>>P:  Vendor=03f0 ProdID=2b11 Rev= 1.00
> >>>S:  Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard
> >>>S:  Product=PSC 2170 Series
> >>>S:  SerialNumber=MY38OF85N873
> >>>
> >>>But when I try to do a insmod command using the given specs, I get:
> >>>
> >>>Harry:/# insmod scanner vendor=03f0 product=2b11
> >>>Using /lib/modules/2.4.24-x1/kernel/drivers/usb/scanner.o
> >>>/lib/modules/2.4.24-x1/kernel/drivers/usb/scanner.o: invalid argument
> >>>syntax for vendor: 'f'
> >>>
> >>>Any ideas why it returns the error?
> >>
> >>perhaps the value that you're supplying for the vendor parameter of the 
> >>scanner module isn't valid?  what if you leave out the vendor parameter?
> > 
> > 
> > It will work only if I leave both the vendor and product= parameter:
> > Using /lib/modules/2.4.24-x1/kernel/drivers/usb/scanner.o
> > 
> > But then I try to do a scanimage --list-devices, I get:
> > 
> > No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
> 
> what do you get if you run that scanner module through modinfo ?

 modinfo -d scanner
"USB Scanner Driver 0.4.15"





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