*Hello Allan:* I went by this:
from: http://www.sane-project.org/source.html *Linux* Most Linux distributions package SANE with modifications required to support their authentication or permissions systems. We recommend you use the vendor's packages. If you need a more updated version of SANE, be prepared to build from source, and ask on a distro-specific forum for advice. synaptic lists the installed and latest versions as the same sane: installed 1.0.14-9 | latest 1.0.14-9 libsane: 1.0.20-13ubuntu2 | 1.0.20-13ubuntu2 sane utils: 1.0.20-13ubuntu2 | 1.0.20-13ubuntu2 From the backends list (https://alioth.debian.org/frs/?group_id=30186), it appears that the "latest version" is from 2004. Well ... argh ... that's how I learn. I did go ahead and download sources for sane 1.0.22. I compiled and installed it (3 times), had to get supporting files (libusb-dev and libsane), and replug the scanner and restart the machine several times. But ... it is now working well enough. Phew. Thank You, *Mike* On 07/07/2011 10:03 AM, m. allan noah wrote: > Start by upgrading to a current version of sane? > > allan > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Michael Hess<mjhess at hawaii.rr.com> wrote: >> I am trying to set up a Nikon Coolscan IV >> under Ubuntu 10.04, kernel: 2.6.32-32-generic >> >> sane-find-scanner >> reports: >> scanner (vendor=0x04b0 [Nikon], product=0x4000 [LS-40 ED]) at >> libusb:005:002 >> >> scanimage --version: >> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.20; backend version 1.0.20 >> >> scanimage -L: >> device `coolscan3:usb:libusb:005:002' is a Nikon LS-40 ED film scanner >> >> But when I do a test via >> scanimage -T >> I get a: >> scanimage: open of device coolscan3:usb:libusb:005:002 failed: Invalid >> argument >> >> It didn'tt matter what other options I tried setting with scanimage. >> >> I am assuming this is an "obvious" error to somebody, but I could not find >> anything >> to help me resolve this. Any pointers as to what may be going on or where to >> look next? >> >> Thank You, >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> >> -- >> sane-devel mailing list:sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >> tosane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/attachments/20110708/8c3de116/attachment.html>
