Epson scanner in debian lenny

[mfklinux]

This is a lengthy post but I am trying to give enough information for someone to be able to help me and also to let others who are having similar problems see what I have done so that any answers may be helpful to them.
I am running Debian lenny on a single boot computer. The scanner is an Epson Perfection 1200 Photo. It is plugged in, turned on, and as you can see, it is recognized some places below. I have tried to figure out how to use the epkowa program but I have not succeded yet.


Scanner information

Listing of /etc

debian:/etc# ls /etc
acpi dictionaries-common init.d Muttrc.d rmt
adduser.conf dirmngr initramfs-tools mysql rpc
adjtime discover.conf.d inittab nanorc samba
aliases discover-modprobe.conf inputrc netatalk sane.d
alsa dm iproute2 netscsid.conf scrollkeeper.conf
alternatives dpkg issue network scsi_id.config
anacrontab emacs issue.net NetworkManager securetty
analog.cfg email-addresses java networks security
apache2 enscript.cfg kbd news selinux
apm esound kde3 nsswitch.conf sensors.conf
apparmor.d exim4 kernel-img.conf openoffice services
apt exports kerneloops.conf opt sestatus.conf
at.deny fonts ksysguarddrc pam.conf sgml
avahi foomatic ldap pam.d shadow
bash.bashrc fstab ld.so.cache pango shadow-
bash_completion gai.conf ld.so.conf papersize shells
bash_completion.d gconf ld.so.conf.d passwd skel
bind gdm libao.conf passwd- smartd.conf
bindresvport.blacklist gimp libgda perl smartmontools
bluetooth gnokiirc libpaper.d php5 sound
bonobo-activation gnome lisarc pm spamassassin
ca-certificates gnome-app-install locale.alias pmount.allow ssh
ca-certificates.conf gnome-vfs-2.0 locale.gen postgresql ssl
calendar gnome-vfs-mime-magic localtime postgresql-common sudoers
chatscripts gre.d logcheck ppp sysctl.conf
complete.tcsh groff login.defs profile sysctl.d
console group logrotate.conf protocols syslog.conf
console-tools group- logrotate.d pulse terminfo
cron.d gshadow lsb-base purple texmf
cron.daily gshadow- magic python tidy.conf
cron.hourly gssapi_mech.conf magic.mime python2.4 timezone
cron.monthly gtk-2.0 mail python2.5 ts.conf
crontab hal mailcap qpopper.conf ucf.conf
cron.weekly hdparm.conf mailcap.order qt3 udev
csh hesiod.conf mailname rc0.d updatedb.conf
csh.cshrc host.conf mail.rc rc1.d uswsusp.conf
csh.login hostname manpath.config rc2.d vga
csh.logout hosts menu rc3.d vim
cups hosts.allow menu-methods rc4.d w3m
cvs-cron.conf hosts.deny mime.types rc5.d wgetrc
cvs-pserver.conf hp mke2fs.conf rc6.d wodim.conf
dbus-1 htdig modprobe.d rc.local wpa_supplicant
debconf.conf iceweasel modules rcS.d X11
debian_version identd.conf motd rearj.cfg xdg
default identd.key motd.tail reportbug.conf xml
defoma idmapd.conf mtab resolvconf ytalkrc
deluser.conf imlib mtools.conf resolv.conf
dhcp3 inetd.conf Muttrc resolv.conf.pppd-backup
debian:/etc#

Listing of fstab by running “nano /etc/fstab” command

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

Listing of “sane-find-scanner
debian:/etc# sane-find-scanner

# sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
# result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
# scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
# you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x0104 [Perfection1200]) at libusb:007:002
found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [HP], product=0x8604 [Deskjet 5400 series]) at libusb:004:004
# Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
# SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

# Not checking for parallel port scanners.

# Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
# can't be detected by this program.
debian:/etc#

Listing $ scanimage command

scanimage: no SANE devices found
marshall@debian:~$

Listed below is a portion of etc showing sane.d listed.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 887 2008-04-04 12:09 rpc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-27 16:15 samba
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-01-05 11:45 sane.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23 2007-12-18 08:02 scrollkeeper.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 666 2007-08-05 23:12 scsi_id.config
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1254 2008-06-12 18:39 securetty
earlier I changed to the sane.d directory but not at $etc prompt the “cd /sane.d” command says no such directory.

marshall@debian:/etc$ cd /sane.d
bash: cd: /sane.d: No such file or directory
marshall@debian:/etc$

I got to sane.d by using su

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 452 2009-01-11 08:23 epson2.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 831 2009-01-11 08:16 epson.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1221 2008-06-24 16:02 fujitsu.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 586 2008-06-24 16:02 genesys.conf

Nano epson2.conf gives the following
# Parallel port
#pio 0x278
#pio 0x378
#pio 0x3BC

# USB
usb

# For libusb support for unknown scanners use the following command
# usb <product ID> <device ID>
# e.g.:
# usb 0x4b8 0x110
#next line added Jan 11, 09 trying to set up epson scanner.
usb 0x4b8 0x104
# Network
#
# net 192.168.1.123
net autodiscovery

Next is Epson.conf file partial content
GNU nano 2.0.7 File: epson.conf

# accurate, it's device ID) is known to the backend.
usb
# For libusb support for unknown scanners use the following command
# usb <product ID> <device ID>
# e.g.:
# usb 0x4b8 0x110
# And for the scanner module, use the following configuration:
#usb /dev/usbscanner0
#usb /dev/usb/scanner0
usb 0x4b8 0x104
usb /dev/usb/scanner0

/etc/inetd.conf edited with nano as follows

# run this only on machines acting as "boot servers."
What does this mean? Should I change this file back?
#:RPC: RPC based services

#:HAM-RADIO: amateur-radio services

#:OTHER: Other services
#<off># netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/smbd
swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/swat
#<off># sane-port stream tcp nowait saned:saned /usr/sbin/saned saned
# Nest line changed to <on> Jan 11, 09 trying to get scanner to work.
<on># sane-port stream tcp nowait saned:saned /usr/sbin/saned saned


Nothing seems to get the scanner to go.

[mrrangerman]

Make sure your user is part of the scanner group, go to Desktop > Administration > Users and Groups it will ask you for your root passwd, after you login, highlight your user, then click on properties, go to the User privileges tab and check the Use scanner box.

[mfklinux]

Thanks for your reply. I took the action but signed out before I got to check and see if it worked. Apparently I changed the wrong permission or something. The computer will not allow me to log in any more. I am back on my old winddows computer. Is there a way to get back in without having to reload the system and start over?