Public bug reported: I have been running saned for a couple of years on both 16 and 18. Recently it has stopped working with the message that it is masked. I don't use the scanner all that often so I cannot say exactly when it stopped working, certainly in the last few weeks.
root@T550:~# systemctl status saned.socket ● saned.socket - saned incoming socket Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/saned.socket; enabled; vendor preset: ena Active: active (listening) since Fri 2019-07-05 00:03:10 BST; 1min 46s ago Listen: 0.0.0.0:6566 (Stream) Accepted: 0; Connected: 0 Tasks: 0 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/saned.socket Jul 05 00:03:10 T550 systemd[1]: Listening on saned incoming socket. root@T550:~# systemctl start saned Failed to start saned.service: Unit saned.service is masked. root@T550:~# service saned start Failed to start saned.service: Unit saned.service is masked. root@T550:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: sane-utils 1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-52.56-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-52-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Jul 4 23:45:57 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-09 (510 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) SourcePackage: sane-backends UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-12 (294 days ago) ** Affects: sane-backends (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to sane-backends in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1835647 Title: Saned does not start: service is masked Status in sane-backends package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have been running saned for a couple of years on both 16 and 18. Recently it has stopped working with the message that it is masked. I don't use the scanner all that often so I cannot say exactly when it stopped working, certainly in the last few weeks. root@T550:~# systemctl status saned.socket ● saned.socket - saned incoming socket Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/saned.socket; enabled; vendor preset: ena Active: active (listening) since Fri 2019-07-05 00:03:10 BST; 1min 46s ago Listen: 0.0.0.0:6566 (Stream) Accepted: 0; Connected: 0 Tasks: 0 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/saned.socket Jul 05 00:03:10 T550 systemd[1]: Listening on saned incoming socket. root@T550:~# systemctl start saned Failed to start saned.service: Unit saned.service is masked. root@T550:~# service saned start Failed to start saned.service: Unit saned.service is masked. root@T550:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: sane-utils 1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-52.56-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-52-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Jul 4 23:45:57 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-09 (510 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) SourcePackage: sane-backends UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-12 (294 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1835647/+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