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how to install HP ScanJet 5100C on SuSE Linux

These instructions worked for me when I was installing Hewlett Packard ScanJet 5100C scanner on SuSE 10. They simply summarize information scattered throughout the Internet. Presumably, they should be good also for other HP ScanJet scanners (see the list of ScanJet scanners supported by SANE hp-backend).

prerequisites

Find out your current kernel version:

# uname -r

My version was "2.6.13-15.8-default". I refer to this in the remainder of the instructions. Replace the version number with what you actually have.

Make sure you have your kernel source installed. Go to /usr/src/ and look for a directory called linux-2.6.13-15.8/ or something similar depending on your kernel version. If you don't have kernel sources, install them using YAST or download from the Internet.

There also should be a symbolic link called /usr/src/linux pointing to that directory (if not - create one by ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.8/ /usr/src/linux).

ppSCSI installation

# cd /usr/src/
# wget http://penguin-breeder.org/kernel/download/linux-ppscsi-2.6.x-20060424.gz
# gunzip linux-ppscsi-2.6.x-20060424.gz
# vi /usr/src/linux/drivers/parport/share.c

Insert a new line near the line 1008 (in the list of export symbols):

EXPORT_SYMBOL(parport_get_port);

Save changes and exit the editor (<ESC> :wq ).

# cd /usr/src/linux
# patch -p1 --dry-run < /usr/src/linux-ppscsi-2.6.x-20060424
# cp /boot/config-2.6.13-15.8-default .config
# make modules
# make modules_install
# cd ..
# wget http://penguin-breeder.org/kernel/download/ppscsi-beta2-20060424.tar.gz
# tar -xzf ppscsi-beta2-20060424.tar.gz
# cd ppscsi-beta2/
# make
# cp ppscsi.ko /lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-default/kernel/drivers/parport/
# cp epst.ko /lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-default/kernel/drivers/parport/
# modprobe scsi_mod
# modprobe sg
# modprobe parport
# modprobe parport_pc
# modprobe ppscsi
# modprobe epst
# yast2 sysconfig &

YAST will start. Go to SYSTEM>KERNEL>MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT and enter all the abovementioned modules separated by space:

scsi_mod sg parport parport_pc ppscsi epst

Hit "Finish" to save the changes.

# scanimage -L

This will output a line containing the device name as it is recognized by your system. The name should read something similar to /dev/sg0 or /dev/sg1 etc. Modify access privileges to it, so everybody can use the scanner. If you don't, users may get a "No device found" error when they start xsane and will not be able to scan.

# chmod a+rw /dev/sg0

SANE installation

Download current SANE frontends and backends archives from http://www.sane-project.org/source.html and XSANE source from ftp://ftp.sane-project.org/pub/sane/xsane.

# tar -xzf sane-backends-1.0.17.tar.gz
# cd sane-backends-1.0.17/
# ./configure
# make
# make install
# cd ..
# tar -xzf sane-frontends-1.0.14.tar.gz
# cd sane-frontends-1.0.14/
# ./configure
# make
# make install
# cd ..
# tar -xzf xsane-0.991.tar.gz
# cd xsane-0.991/
# ./configure
# make
# make install

Now everything is installed. You should be able to start XSANE by typing xsane and use its graphical interface to scan your documents.

I may have forgotten about something what I did during the installation. Please let me know if you encounter any errors.

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