The workaround is also working for me. If I have to fix something in a config file to make the programm work it is not propperly running. Maybe it is for the wishlist. The best way for me is that all scanners with the same chipset ar prompted so I can choose at the first use or regulary
Thank you for the response Heinz 2010/5/23 Moritz Hut <rmhut.e...@web.de> > I consider this not a bug in Simple Scan nor a bug in sane-backends! > > I had an error message in Simple Scan too, indicating that it was unable > to access a "Mustek BearPaw 1200 CU" while I'm using a "Mustek 1200 UB > Plus". > > This is in my opinion because different scanners basing on the same > chipset provide the same signature to the sane back ends. So you must > tell the back ends to address the correct model you use. > > I resolved this problem (in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS) by following the same > procedure as I did in 8.04 LTS two years ago, when I found many useful > information on > http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Scanner_gt68xx > http://meier-geinitz.de/sane/gt68xx-backend/ > and in the man-pages for san-mustek_usb > man san-mustek_usb (for now this seems to be man sane-gt68xx) > > It took the following steps to make my scanner work with Simple Scan in > 10.04 LTS: > 1. put the right firmware file in the right place > download sbfw.usb from the website mentioned above > and copy it to /usr/share/sane/gt68xx > sudo cp sbfw.usb /usr/share/sane/gt68xx/sbfw.usb > sudo chmod a+r /usr/share/sane/gt68xx/sbfw.usb > 2. tell the back end to recognise your scanner as Mustek 1200 UB Plus > sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/gt68xx.conf > uncomment the following line by removing the '#': #override > "mustek-scanexpress-1200-ub-plus" > 3. make sure, there is an entry for gt68xx.conf in dll.conf > sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/dll.conf > if there is no line like "gt68xx" create one (without the quotes) > > Maybe you have to restart the backend (I don't know if this is done by > sudo /etc/init.d/saned -restart, but it worked for me). > > Regards > Moritz > > -- > Simple Scan detect Mustek 1200 UB Plus as Mustek BearPaw 1200 CU > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575090 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Die Weiterleitung meiner Nachrichten an Personen die bisher nicht über meine Adresse verfügen wird als Vertrauensbruch angesehen und nicht tolleriert Im Zweifelsfall ist davon aus zu gehen das die Zielperson(en) nicht über meine Addresse verfügen. Bei vorsätzlicher Missachtung behalte ich mir weitergehende Maßnahmen vor. -- Simple Scan detect Mustek 1200 UB Plus as Mustek BearPaw 1200 CU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575090 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
