[sane-devel] Fail to build sane-backends ( PIXMA 3100 Series )

[m. allan noah]

Try as root, it might be a permissions issue.

allan


On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Matt Fields <fields.emmett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, thanks, I believe I have (finally) successfully built and installed
> sane-backends.
> However, I'm still unable to get xsane / scanimage to identify my scanner.
>
> It is a Canon PIXMA 3100 series. It is available by wireless or by USB.
>
> sane-find-scanners detects the PIXMA by USB, but not by wifi: scanimage -L
> does not detect the scanner at all.
>
> Where to proceed from here?
>
> *Output from both commands:*
>  $ 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=0x1752 [MG3100 series])
> at libusb:002:005
>   # 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.
>
> [09:35:40AM 04-09-2013] ~
>  $ 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).
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:19 AM, Rolf Bensch <rolf at bensch-online.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> Am 08.04.2013 18:10, schrieb Matt Fields:
>> > Hi guys.
>> >
>> > I'm trying to build sane-backends to get my Canon PIXMA 3100 series
>> > working. I am able to use Canon's included scanner program, but it's
>> > not the greatest. Would like to get xsane / gscan working.
>> >
>> > I am unable to build sane-backends successfully.
>> >
>> > Here's the log from the configure step / make-file:
>> >
>> > I'm new to building/compiling.  Any help? Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> >  $ ./configure --prefix=/usr BACKENDS=PIXMA --sysconfdir=/etc
>> > --localstatedir=/var
>>
>> PIXMA must be lower-case.
>>
>> I usually use this command:
>>
>> $ BACKENDS="pixma" ./configure
>>
>> and do a parallel installation to the system's sane-backend as described
>> in README.linux.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rolf
>>
>
>
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