From 84357741a6a6e6430f199b2c3f7498e0e97da9ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Frings-F=C3=BCrst?= Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:35:53 +0100 Subject: New upstream version 1.2.1 --- doc/plustek/Plustek-PARPORT.txt | 40 ++-------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/plustek/Plustek-PARPORT.txt') diff --git a/doc/plustek/Plustek-PARPORT.txt b/doc/plustek/Plustek-PARPORT.txt index a181b9c..f763100 100644 --- a/doc/plustek/Plustek-PARPORT.txt +++ b/doc/plustek/Plustek-PARPORT.txt @@ -1,46 +1,10 @@ Plustek-PARPRORT.txt (2004-03-28) Gerhard Jäger ==================================================================== - Beginning with SANE-1.0.13, there's a backend called plustek_pp. This is for controlling Plustek parallel-port scanner and compatible devices. For a full listing, see plustek_pp.desc. -This code formerly was available for creating the Linux kernelmodule -pt_drv. This should no longer be necessary. You should be able to use +This code formerly was available for creating the Linux kernel module +pt_drv. This is no longer be necessary. You should be able to use the backend out of the box. - - -The kernel module ------------------ - -As it might be helpful to create and use the kernel-module, this way still -exists. It's possible to create this module out of the backend sources -in sane-backends/backend. Simply do (as root user) - -./MakeModule.sh - -Then the module should be compiled, installed and loaded. - -Add the following three lines to file /etc/modules.conf - -alias char-major-40 pt_drv -pre-install pt_drv modprobe -k parport -options pt_drv lampoff=180 warmup=15 port=0x378 lOffonEnd=0 mov=0 slowIO=1 - -See man page for sane-plustek_pp ("man sane-plustek_pp") for explanation of -these options. - -Now "scanimage -L" should show something like this: -device `plustek:/dev/pt_drv' is a Plustek 9630P flatbed scanner - - -Known Problems: ---------------- - -Sometimes it is necessary to change the ioctl-interface between the -driver and the backend, in this case the version number of the communication -protocol will be changed and newer drivers won't work with older backends -and vice versa. -In this case (error -9019 in the SANE debug output!!) you have to recompile SANE -AND the driver (have a look at the installation procedure above). -- cgit v1.2.3