[sane-devel] Canon 9000F does not work

[Heini X]

Hi Rolf,

Thanks for your quick response!

The links as described in README.linux were automatically set by the
build process. But Linux Mint13 expects the libs at
 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

Cheers,
Heini

Herzlichen Dank!



On Mon, 2012-09-03 at 16:44 +0200, Rolf Bensch wrote:
> Hi Heini,
> 
> please read README.linux for details.
> 
> Your "new" scanimage uses the "old" distro's libsane.
> 
> I would prefer setting symbolic links, as described in README.linux.
> 
> If you want to replace the distro's libsane, then you should also use
> the --bindir and --libdir parameters. --libdir must link to the
> installation place of your distro's libsane, e.g. --libdir="/usr/lib". I
> don't remember the correct path for Mint13.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rolf
> 
> 
> Am 03.09.2012 10:40, schrieb Heini X:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am using Linux Mint 13 and try to use a CanoScan 9000F up to now
> > without success.
> > 
> > My procedure:
> > 
> > Dowloaded sane backends 1.0.23, unpacked and in the source dir I did:
> > 
> > 
> > ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
> > make
> > sudo make install
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > sane-find-scanner 
> > 
> >   # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
> >   # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
> >   # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.
> > 
> >   # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make
> > sure that
> >   # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
> > 
> > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x1908 [CanoScan]) at
> > libusb:002:006
> >   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be
> > supported by
> >   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
> > 
> >   # Not checking for parallel port scanners.
> > 
> >   # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary
> > ports
> >   # can't be detected by this program.
> > 
> >   # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once
> > you
> >   # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
> >   # necessary.
> > 
> > 
> > And now:
> > scanimage -V
> > scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.23; backend version 1.0.22
> > 
> > scanimage -L
> > 
> > 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).
> > 
> > 
> > sudo scanimage -L
> > gives the same result.
> > 
> > Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
> > 
> > 
> > Best wishes
> > 
> > Heini
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