# Re: Scanner help

John Garrison (jeg@visi.net)
Fri, 03 Sep 1999 02:38:53 -0400

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I did a modprobe dtc and got a device or resource busy. I haven't used
the card for a while but it worked fine when last used, should I assume
my scanner is broken? (As I said it doesn't work in windows either)
Maybe I'll have to get another SCSI card?

Dan Kegel wrote:
>
> John Garrison wrote:
> > Can anybody tell me where to get the scsi drivers/module for linux? I
> > don't have scsi support built in I don't think. At least I hope not
> > cause when I boot up it says scsi hosts: 0 detected.
> > ... Anyway it is a DTC SCSI card
>
> I just went thru this for Red Hat 6.
> Interactively, you can just do
> su
> /sbin/modprobe dtc
> I think, and that should turn on scsi support. You can see the
> available modules in /lib/modules/*/scsi.
>
> To do this automatically after boot, add the following to
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit:
> # load scsi
> if [ -n "$USEMODULES" ]; then
> if grep -s -q "^alias scsi" /etc/conf.modules ; then
> action "Loading scsi module" modprobe scsi
> fi
> fi
> and add a line to /etc/conf.modules saying what module to load for scsi,
> e.g.
> alias scsi dtc
>
> Better yet, recompile your kernel to include built-in support for
> your SCSI card. Then you'll get the "hosts detected" message at boot time.
> - dan
>
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