On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 19:43:20 +0100 
 Thomas Klausner <wiz@danbala.ifoer.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:

 > I've extracted the "inquiry" part of SANE, which hangs on my
 > computer. I'm using a Microtek scanner on an Adaptec 1502.
 > The symptoms are that the scanner reacts (it makes a noise), but the
 > ioctl never returns.
 > 
 > Could someone give me a hint how to further debug this problem?
 > 
 > Is the SCSI command okay?
 > 
 > Is the comment about the timeout correct? I've waited for more than a
 > minute without any reaction.

Can you please run the command: scsictl /dev/scanner identify

...and tell me if it hangs the same way?

Also, what version of NetBSD are you using?

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>