Hi, Here is the output of xsane when it fails (with saned and inetd on the server)
[sanei_debug] Setting debug level of net to 255. [net] sane_init: authorize = 0x8053d70, version_code = 0xbfffb1e8 [net] sane_init: SANE net backend version 1.0.13 (AF-indep+IPv6) from sane-backends 1.0.16 [net] sane_init: Client has little endian byte order [net] sane_init: searching for config file [net] sane_init: trying to add 192.168.1.50 [net] add_device: adding backend 192.168.1.50 [net] add_device: backend 192.168.1.50 added [net] sane_init: done reading config [net] sane_init: evaluating environment variable SANE_NET_HOSTS [net] sane_init: done [net] sane_get_devices: local_only = 0 [net] connect_dev: trying to connect to 192.168.1.50 [net] connect_dev: [0] connection succeeded (IPv4) [net] connect_dev: sanei_w_init [net] connect_dev: net_init (user=enrico, local version=1.0.3) [net] connect_dev: freeing init reply (status=Success, remote version=1.0.3) [net] connect_dev: done [net] sane_get_devices: ignoring rpc-returned status Unknown SANE status code 1091396387 I also try with scanimage : scanimage -L device `net:192.168.1.50:snapscan:/dev/sg0' is a AGFA SNAPSCAN 310 flatbed scanner scanimage > ubuntu.pnm Segmentation fault scanimage Segmentation fault The first time, I tried with scanimage without arguments, the scanner started to respond and began scanning, my terminal went black and the PC started to beep regularly. I stopped scanimage, with ctrl-C . Since then it just segfaults. Here is the output of scanimage : [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of net to 255. [net] sane_init: authorize = 0x8049230, version_code = 0xbfffe728 [net] sane_init: SANE net backend version 1.0.13 (AF-indep+IPv6) from sane-backends 1.0.16 [net] sane_init: Client has little endian byte order [net] sane_init: searching for config file [net] sane_init: trying to add 192.168.1.50 [net] add_device: adding backend 192.168.1.50 [net] add_device: backend 192.168.1.50 added [net] sane_init: done reading config [net] sane_init: evaluating environment variable SANE_NET_HOSTS [net] sane_init: done [net] sane_get_devices: local_only = 0 [net] connect_dev: trying to connect to 192.168.1.50 [net] connect_dev: [0] connection succeeded (IPv4) [net] connect_dev: sanei_w_init [net] connect_dev: net_init (user=enrico, local version=1.0.3) [net] connect_dev: freeing init reply (status=Success, remote version=1.0.3) [net] connect_dev: done [net] sane_get_devices: ignoring rpc-returned status Unknown SANE status code 1080247075 Thanks for your help Enrico -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]