Using scanner with FreeBSD. A nightmare! = (VIA USB problem?)

[Rob]

Nicholas Jackson wrote:
> Rob,
> 
>  Does your motherboard use a VIA chip for its USB?

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm sort of aware of these VIA vs. USB trouble.
A friend of mine has a mass-storage stick for USB, but his FreeBSD hangs
when unmounting this device. He has a VIA chip. I don't so the mass-storage
stick works with my FreeBSD!

Here is what I have; grep "USB controller" /var/run/dmesg.boot:

uhci0: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-A> port 0xbc00-0xbc1f irq 2 at device 29.0 on pci0
usb0: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
uhci1: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-B> port 0xb000-0xb01f irq 5 at device 29.1 on pci0
usb1: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
uhci2: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-C> port 0xb400-0xb41f irq 6 at device 29.2 on pci0
usb2: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
uhci3: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-D> port 0xb800-0xb81f irq 2 at device 29.3 on pci0
usb3: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-D> on uhci3
pci0: <USB controller> at 29.7 irq 9

> You might also want to try a BIOS upgrade.

Would you still recommend this with above chip?
(What is my BIOS? Can I find out without having to reboot....?)

> Don't blame it on FreeBSD unless you are sure that the hardware is not 
> at fault. And this particular fault might be one that doesnt show up 
> frequently with other applications. Scanners are pretty demanding on the 
> USB bus...

I try not to blame anyone; I was confused and frustrated by the fact that
my collegues use the same scanner on a Windows box and have it setup in matter
of minutes, without a hitch. I'm struggling for days, and still it hardly
works properly.

Rob.