Deleting ~/.sane solved the issue for few individuals. Hence this could be the fix for this issue
** Changed in: xsane (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/540306 Title: Xsane preview window not working in Karmic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xsane/+bug/540306/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs