[sane-devel] "no devices available"

[earther at eartherdesigns.com]

"if your kernel version and system tools don't match, things could be  
messed up."  I think you're right about that.

Let me recap.  Gutsy was having a hibernation problem with my new  
hardware (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=760026)  so it  
was suggested by several gurus I trust to give the Hardy kernel a try  
on Gutsy as per this thread -  
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=646755  This was before Hardy  
was released.

It fixed the hibernation issue and hasn't affected anything else that  
I am aware of. Wine, Compiz, XAMPP etc all run as before.

Just to confirm, I booted an old machine that has a Hardy install.   
xsane launched and lsusb worked properly too.   (Should have thought  
to try that myself before posting.)

Is there any way to get this working with my current kernel/OS  
mismatch? Or will I have to go to Virtual Box or another machine when  
I need to scan something until I upgrade?

Thanks for zeroing in on the root of the problem.  Till now, I have  
been blown away with how easy to use and reliable xsane has been.  It  
handles the legacy scanner better than the funky drivers XP offered  
way back when . . . LOL!

Quoting "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com>:

> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:12 AM,  <earther at eartherdesigns.com> wrote:
>> NOTHING!  Even though I have an external USB drive and USB thumb drive
>> mounted!!  What's up with that??
>
> dont know. obviously you have some sort of system problem lower than
> sane. what were you saying about running the wrong kernel or some
> such? if your kernel version and system tools dont match, things could
> be messed up.
>
> allan
>
>>
>> Sorry I didn't catch that reply didn't go to the list.
>>
>> Quoting "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> please- always include the list on your responses, as others might
>>> have more ideas.
>>>
>>> lets see the output of running lsusb
>>>
>>> allan
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:53 AM,  <earther at eartherdesigns.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for responding.  Here's the ouput.  What next?
>>>>
>>>> ~# SANE_DEBUG_NIASH=255 scanimage -L
>>>> [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of niash to 255.
>>>> [niash] sane_init
>>>> [niash] Looking for ScanJet 3300C...
>>>> [niash] Looking for ScanJet 3400C...
>>>> [niash] Looking for ScanJet 4300C...
>>>> [niash] Looking for HP ScanJet 4300c...
>>>> [niash] Looking for Snapscan Touch...
>>>> [niash] Looking for Office Scanner USB 19200...
>>>> [niash] sane_get_devices
>>>>
>>>> No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
>>>> check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
>>>> sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
>>>> which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
>>>> [niash] sane_exit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quoting "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> xsane is not the problem, but sane probably is. run this at the
>>>>> command line as root:
>>>>>
>>>>> SANE_DEBUG_NIASH=255 scanimage -L
>>>>>
>>>>> and post the output to this list.
>>>>>
>>>>> allan
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:10 AM,  <earther at eartherdesigns.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thought I would post a screenie of the device manager info for the
>>>>>> ScanJet.  Why can't xsane find it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.eartherdesigns.com/ss/scanjet.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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