[sane-devel] "no devices available"

[m. allan noah]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:50 PM,  <earther at eartherdesigns.com> wrote:
> "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?

gutsy and hardy are greek words to me, not useful version numbers, so
i think you had best ask on an ubuntu specific board :)

allan

>
> 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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