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Port scanner ? nmap Virus scanner ? f-prot+amavis security scanner ? Nessus ---Mike At 04:27 PM 06/09/2003 +0100, Dave Bradshaw wrote:>Dear All, > >Can anyone recommend a scanner that works well on 4.8. > >Thanks in advance, > >Regards, > > > Dave
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 17:42, Mike Tancsa wrote:> Port scanner ? nmap > Virus scanner ? f-prot+amavis > security scanner ? NessusMy guess is Image-scanner ;) -- Henrik Persson -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20030906/6522e619/attachment.bin
At 05:41 PM 06/09/2003 +0200, Henrik Persson wrote:>On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 17:42, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > Port scanner ? nmap > > Virus scanner ? f-prot+amavis > > security scanner ? Nessus > >My guess is Image-scanner ;)When you are at a restaurant and are told, "your server will be right with you", do you expect a computer to roll out to your table ? ;-) ---Mike
Dear All, Thanks Henrik, good point, an Image Scanner that works well on 4.8 Regards, Dave. On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 16:27, Dave Bradshaw wrote:> Dear All, > > Can anyone recommend a scanner that works well on 4.8. > > Thanks in advance, > > Regards, > > > Dave-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20030906/b33b024a/attachment.bin
On Saturday 06 September 2003 10:27 am, Dave Bradshaw wrote:> Dear All, > > Can anyone recommend a scanner that works well on 4.8.Hi Dave: Epson 640 U Perfection works well on my FreeBSD 4.8. Look in man 5 sane-epson, man 5 sane-hp, etc. for a complete list of scanners supported on FreeBSD. Also take a look at Jonathan Buzzard's page on USB scanners or SANE itself, before you go out and buy one. http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners-usb.html http://www.mostang.com/sane/ To setup your USB scanner: 1) Install /usr/ports/graphics/sane-backends/ and /usr/ports/graphics/xsane/ 2) run: # sane-find-scanner as root. In the case of my Epson, it found /dev/uscanner0 3) For an Epson scanner edit /usr/local/etc/sane.d/epson.conf and put in the device that sane-find-scanner discovered. In my case, the epson.conf file looks like so. Be sure to comment out the line "scsi EPSON". # epson.conf # # here are some examples for how to configure the EPSON backend # # SCSI scanner: #scsi EPSON # # Parallel port scanner: #pio 0x278 #pio 0x378 #pio 0x3BC # # USB scanner - only enable this if you have an EPSON scanner. It could # otherwise block your non-EPSON scanner from being # recognized. # Depending on your distribution, you may need either the # first or the second entry. #usb /dev/usbscanner0 #usb /dev/usb/scanner0 usb /dev/uscanner0 4) Start Xsane and begin scanning. Works like a charm. Kind regards Jonathan
Ooops; Almost forgot. 3a) Make sure you add your user account to the operator group, in /etc/group like so: operator:*:5:root,$ACCOUNT_THAT_HAS_SCANNER On Saturday 06 September 2003 11:06 am, Jonathan wrote:> > 4) Start Xsane and begin scanning. Works like a charm.
I have the following scanner working pretty nicely: Jul 19 12:05:29 polkan2 /kernel: pass0: <UMAX Astra 1220S V1.1> Fixed Scanner SCSI-2 device On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, Dave Bradshaw wrote:> Dear All, > > Can anyone recommend a scanner that works well on 4.8. > > Thanks in advance, > > Regards, > > > Dave >
On Sat, Sep 06, 2003, Dave Bradshaw wrote:>Dear All, > >Can anyone recommend a scanner that works well on 4.8.I just went through this last week on a Linux machine, First check the SANE site for supported scanners: http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html We ended up with an Epson Perfection 1660 which worked fine once I figured out how to specify color in xsane. This wasn't the Latest & Greatest from Epson, and we had to buy the floor sample from CompUSA since the current 1670 wasn't listed. I first tried a new HP scanner figuring that most of the HP scanners were supported by one driver, and I've been using one of their SCSI/USB scanners with automatic document feeder for a couple of years. Unfortunately SANE didn't recognize it, and HP's support was less than helpful to the point I won't consider using them in the future. My experience with scanners and CUPS printing leads me to believe that Epson inkjets and scanners are probably the best supported by the open source software. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``Freedom from prices is freedom from responsibility. You can simply pass laws, using the magic wand of government to satisfy your own desires at unspecified costs to be paid by others.'' -- Thomas Sowell Aug 2000
On Sat, Sep 06, 2003, Bill Campbell wrote:> I first tried a new HP scanner figuring that most of the HP scanners were > supported by one driver, and I've been using one of their SCSI/USB scanners > with automatic document feeder for a couple of years. Unfortunately SANE > didn't recognize it, and HP's support was less than helpful to the point I > won't consider using them in the future.I second that. A year and a half ago I bought an HP7400c scanner, mainly because it had a SCSI interface and because I had had such good luck with HP scanners in the past. When I tried to install it, HP tech support wouldn't give me even a hint as to where to find out about its SCSI command set. When it turned out not to work with most common SCSI host adapters, HP tech tech support wouldn't discuss the technical details, saying only that it worked with a particular SCSI host adapter that HP sold. I don't think I would buy another HP scanner even if it came recommended by someone I knew. Dan Strick strick@covad.net