I tried to recreate, but I get the "No scanners available" message when I do so.. Thus, this does work on my box at least.
This looks like your running virtualbox -- is usb enabled for the virtual machine? ** Changed in: simple-scan (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160542 Title: simple-scan crash on scan attempt without connected scanner To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/1160542/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs