Sane Developers, For a long while, Xsane had simply worked automagically with my Canon N1220U scanner.
Then, recently, I had a problem with my installed packages. Synaptic reported some "broken packages", and in order to fix dependency problems, it un-installed and re-installed a majority of the applications I use. At the same time, it upgraded my kernel from 2.6.17 to 2.6.20. After that point, Xsane no longer detected my scanner. When I opened Sane, it used to show me a choice between my Canon scanner and my Hauppauge TV input card. After the problems I had with Synaptic, Xsane skipped the selection screen and opened up with just the Hauppauge video card selected. I figured I must have accidentally removed some necessary package, but after scouring the repositories for anything Sane related and installing them, my situation didn't improve. So then I figured I lost some settings. I searched the Sane documentation, and from this web page: http://www.sane-project.org/README.linux ... I learned of a file called /etc/ld.so.conf. After a little experimentation, I discovered that having the following settings in that file has improved the situation: include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf /usr/local/lib Now, when I open Xsane, it gives me the choice between my Canon scanner and my Hauppauge video card. This is better, but unfortunately, when I try to preview or acquire a scan, Xsane freezes and eventually just dies. At this point I have run out ideas of my own for how to diagnose and solve this problem, so I am turning here for help. Can anyone help me identify why Xsane is no longer working as smoothly as it was before, and, more importantly, help me get it back to that status? Thank you for any help or advice. -- Dave M G Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft Kernel 2.6.20-5-generic Pentium D Dual Core Processor PHP 5, MySQL 5, Apache 2
