[ILUG] Printers, scanners, CD-RW's and such. I just love Debi an's apt -get!

[John Gay]

Thanx for the info! I saw this command in the latest CD-Writing HOW-TO, but it
didn't explain what the numbers were. It also said this was unstable, but that
is based on dated info. I currently using 2.2.13 kernel. I did have a look in
scsi.c, as this is what was referenced in th HOW-TO, but didn't find it in the
first few minutes. At the top of the scsi.c code, it does say something about
hot-swapping scsi devices, but not how to do it. As I get more familiar with
linux, I'll probably set-up something to make switching the scanner on and off a
little more automatic, but I've got a very steep learning curve to climb still.
Then again, I just love a challenge!

Cheers,

     John Gay




"Jakma, Paul" <Paul.Jakma at compaq.com> on 07/01/2000 15:16:29

Sent by:  "Jakma, Paul" <Paul.Jakma at compaq.com>


To:   John Gay/IE/3Com, ilug at linux.ie
cc:
Subject:  RE: [ILUG] Printers, scanners, CD-RW's and such. I just love Debi an's
      apt -get!




> and reported no errors!?! I had to re-boot, as my scanner
> wasn't turned on
> first,

not a problem on linux. As root:

echo "scsi add-single-device c b t u" > /proc/scsi/scsi

c = controller
b = bus
t = target/id
u = unit/lun

eg, scanner set to ID4 on primary scsi replace "c b t u" with "0 0 4 0"

and before you turn it off, tell linux with:

echo "scsi remove-single-device c b t u" > /proc/scsi/scsi

:)