I tried to recreate, but I get the "No scanners available" message when I do so.. Thus, this does work on my box at least.
This looks like your running virtualbox -- is usb enabled for the virtual machine? ** Changed in: simple-scan (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to simple-scan in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160542 Title: simple-scan crash on scan attempt without connected scanner Status in “simple-scan” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: open app, press "scan" button without connected scanner, got the crash message. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: simple-scan 3.6.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-14.24-generic 3.8.4 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Mar 26 21:09:30 2013 DriverPackageVersions: libsane 1.0.23-0ubuntu1 libsane-extras N/A hplip 3.13.3-1 hpoj N/A InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-26 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64+mac (20130326) Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99 MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-14-generic root=UUID=15ab381e-8084-412f-ae11-ea62215dc258 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SimpleScanLog: SourcePackage: simple-scan UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox dmi.board.name: VirtualBox dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.board.version: 1.2 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr: dmi.product.name: VirtualBox dmi.product.version: 1.2 dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/1160542/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp