# Re: Newbie question - Acer Prisa 310s

From: stoney (lstone@gate.net)
Date: Wed Apr 19 2000 - 13:32:39 PDT

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  Hi, Henning,

  Thanks for the info -- I'll give it a try -- and I downloaded
  the source and compiled it, so I have the find-scanner
  program now. Off I go...

  Stoney

  Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote:
  >
  > Hi,
  >
  > [...]
  > > In Windows, the SCSI card is identified as a DTC 3181. I
  > > found some information about this card on the web, but no
  > > Linux documentation. I've also read the dtc README in the
  > > kernel sources.
  >
  > I don't know about your scanner but the Mustek scanners come with some DTC
  > 3181 variants, especially the 3181e, 3181l and 3181le. These cards are
  > supported by the g_NCR5380 driver, so a
  > "modprobe g_NCR5380 ncr_addr=0x280 dtc_3181e=1" (set the address
  > appropriately) may work with your card, too.
  >
  > > Logically, I'd think that sg.o and dtc.o would have to be
  > > loaded, but with sg.o loaded, /proc/scsi/scsi says
  > > no attached devices. Doing modprobe dtc (after doing
  > > modprobe sg) fails with an init message "device or
  > > resource busy."
  >
  > "device or resource busy" means "there was some problem with the card, but I
  > don't know which exactly". In most cases it's just the wrong driver.
  >
  > > I've also seen mention of a program or shell script
  > > called find-scanner. Is this program included in the
  > > source download?
  >
  > Yes, it's in the tools/ directory. But you may just do a cat /proc/scsi/scsi
  > for similar information. Both won't work without the right scsi driver,
  > however.
  >
  > Ciao, Henning
  >
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