[sane-devel] Scanner (USB) not found after kernel upgrade

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On 2006-02-01 14:44, Bill Brelsford wrote:
> After upgrading my kernel from 2.6.11.7 to 2.6.14.3 (and also with
> 2.6.15.2), scanimage no longer finds my Epson CX4600 scanner.
> 
>     $ sane-find-scanner
>     ...
>     found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x080d
>         [USB MFP]) at libusb:002:002
>     ...
>     
>     $ scanimage -L
>     No scanners were identified. ...etc.
> 
> The permissions on /proc/bus/usb/002/002 are still set up
> correctly.  Dmesg and boot messages yield no obvious clues.
> Other USB devices continue to work, including the CX4600
> printer.  I'm running Debian Sarge on an i386.
> 
> Suggestions?  Thanks..

Does it work as root? If yes, it may be a permission problem. If no, send a
log file: 
SANE_DEBUG_EPSON=255 SANE_DEBUG_SANEI_USB=255 scanimage -L

Maybe you use udev now? Permissions need to be set on /dev/bus/usb/...
in this case.

Bye,
  Henning