Thats for the info. I am running scanimage (sane-backends) 1.1.1-debian; backend version 1.1.1 currently (from apt)
On Thu, Jan 15, 2026, 12:12 PM Ralph Little <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM William Gaylord <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So I have been using the mostly working driver for the G3110, and have >> found that if I use the highest available resolution it will run the scan >> head right into the end of the scanner just randomly before it even starts >> scanning. Anyone have any suggestions? >> >> Additionally, since I have the scanner up and running I will be willing >> to work on trying to debug this (so i can use it) but I sort of need help >> on how to get started with building SANE from source. Although this might >> be a better question to ask the Debian maintainer since I am running >> Debian. >> > > Can you let us know which version of SANE you are currently running? > scanimage -V is one way to know. > > Building on Debian is straightforward. > > 1) Get the build dependencies: sudo apt build-dep libsane1 > 2) Clone the backends repo: git clone > https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends.git > 3) Build: > > cd backends > ./autogen.sh > ./configure > ./make > ./make install > > This will install to /usr/local, but you can use --prefix={dir} to set a > different target, perhaps in your home directory. That's what I do. > > Cheers, > Ralph > >
