OK. I'm working on this with the local LUG but not hopeful there is a solution short of an upgrade to Hardy. Cheers!
Quoting "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com>: > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:50 PM, <earther at eartherdesigns.com> wrote: >> "if your kernel version and system tools don't match, things could be messed >> up." I think you're right about that. >> >> Let me recap. Gutsy was having a hibernation problem with my new hardware >> (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=760026) so it was suggested >> by several gurus I trust to give the Hardy kernel a try on Gutsy as per this >> thread - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=646755 This was before >> Hardy was released. >> >> It fixed the hibernation issue and hasn't affected anything else that I am >> aware of. Wine, Compiz, XAMPP etc all run as before. >> >> Just to confirm, I booted an old machine that has a Hardy install. xsane >> launched and lsusb worked properly too. (Should have thought to try that >> myself before posting.) >> >> Is there any way to get this working with my current kernel/OS mismatch? Or >> will I have to go to Virtual Box or another machine when I need to scan >> something until I upgrade? > > gutsy and hardy are greek words to me, not useful version numbers, so > i think you had best ask on an ubuntu specific board :) > > allan > >> >> Thanks for zeroing in on the root of the problem. Till now, I have been >> blown away with how easy to use and reliable xsane has been. It handles the >> legacy scanner better than the funky drivers XP offered way back when . . . >> LOL! >> >> Quoting "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com>: >> >>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:12 AM, <earther at eartherdesigns.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> NOTHING! Even though I have an external USB drive and USB thumb drive >>>> mounted!! What's up with that?? >>> >>> dont know. obviously you have some sort of system problem lower than >>> sane. what were you saying about running the wrong kernel or some >>> such? if your kernel version and system tools dont match, things could >>> be messed up. >>> >>> allan >>> >>>> >>>> Sorry I didn't catch that reply didn't go to the list. >>>> >>>> Quoting "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com>: >>>> >>>>> please- always include the list on your responses, as others might >>>>> have more ideas. >>>>> >>>>> lets see the output of running lsusb >>>>> >>>>> allan >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:53 AM, <earther at eartherdesigns.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for responding. Here's the ouput. What next? >>>>>> >>>>>> ~# SANE_DEBUG_NIASH=255 scanimage -L >>>>>> [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of niash to 255. >>>>>> [niash] sane_init >>>>>> [niash] Looking for ScanJet 3300C... >>>>>> [niash] Looking for ScanJet 3400C... >>>>>> [niash] Looking for ScanJet 4300C... >>>>>> [niash] Looking for HP ScanJet 4300c... >>>>>> [niash] Looking for Snapscan Touch... >>>>>> [niash] Looking for Office Scanner USB 19200... >>>>>> [niash] sane_get_devices >>>>>> >>>>>> No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, >>>>>> check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the >>>>>> sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation >>>>>> which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). >>>>>> [niash] sane_exit >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Quoting "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> xsane is not the problem, but sane probably is. run this at the >>>>>>> command line as root: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> SANE_DEBUG_NIASH=255 scanimage -L >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and post the output to this list. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> allan >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:10 AM, <earther at eartherdesigns.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thought I would post a screenie of the device manager info for the >>>>>>>> ScanJet. Why can't xsane find it? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.eartherdesigns.com/ss/scanjet.jpg >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --