jhansonxi wrote: > Is your scanner working in Linux now? I recently had a similar problem > with a SnapScan 1212U in Hardy: > Yes! I found that if I ran xsane as root with sudo, it worked. Somehow the config for the user that was doing the scanning had lost permission for the 'scanner' in the there preferences, when I fixed that it all was OK.
> sane-find-scanner > ... > found USB scanner (vendor=0x06bd [AGFA ], product=0x2061 [SNAPSCAN]) at > libusb:003:006 > > scanimage -L > device `snapscan:libusb:003:006' is a AGFA SNAPSCAN flatbed scanner > > When I tried to scan something from the command line it provided an important > clue: > scanimage -d snapscan:libusb:003:006 >test.pnm > [snapscan] Cannot open firmware file /usr/share/sane/snapscan/snap1212u.bin. > [snapscan] Edit the firmware file entry in snapscan.conf. > scanimage: open of device snapscan:libusb:003:006 failed: Invalid argument > > I had forgotten that my scanner requires firmware to be uploaded to it every > time it's turned on. I had previously already extracted "snap1212u.bin" from > the Windows drivers. I put it in "/etc/share/sane/snapscan" and edited the > firmware line "/etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf" to load it: > firmware /usr/share/sane/snapscan/snap1212u.bin > > It now works: > scanimage -d snapscan:libusb:003:006 >test.pnm > [snapscan] Scanner warming up - waiting 15 seconds. > > It generated test.pnm as expected. > P.S. sorry for the delay in getting back to you. My ISP changed there SMTP server, and stop my email client from working. Regards Neil. -- xsane not finding agfa spanscan 1236U https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249416 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