[sane-devel] Failing to test Mustek 1200 UB plus

[Ralph Little]

Hi
You can probably mail it to me directly and it will get sucked offline by
my mailer.

It is worth a try anyway.

Cheers
Ralph

On Wed, Oct 2, 2019, 16:53 Ulf Zibis, <Ulf.Zibis at gmx.de> wrote:

> I already have done this, see below or again here:
> https://gitlab.com/sane-project/frontend/xsane/issues/15
> Unfortunately I'm unable to upload the crash report, as it is > 10 MB, it
> is 25.6 MB. Where can I uplosd it?
>
> -Ulf
> Am 02.10.19 um 17:49 schrieb Ralph Little:
>
> Hi,
> I'm currently dealing with some family matters so I'll be out of the loop
> for about 2 or 3 weeks but I would be keen to look into the crash when I
> get back.
>
> If you haven't yet, perhaps create an issue against xsane to track it.
>
> Cheers,
> Ralph
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019, 16:10 Ulf Zibis, <Ulf.Zibis at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ralph,
>>
>> you are right. I had to do 2 things:
>>
>> 1. Uncomment in /etc/sane.d/gt68xx.conf:
>> # Mustek ScanExpress 1200 UB Plus:
>> override "mustek-scanexpress-1200-ub-plus"
>> 2. Get SBfw.usb (instead PS1fw.usb) from here:
>> http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/gt68xx-backend/
>>
>> I used this artikle: https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Scanner/gt68xx/
>>
>> With scanimage and Simple Scan the scanner works fine, but XSane crashes
>> always, after the scan has completed.
>> See: https://gitlab.com/sane-project/frontend/xsane/issues/15
>> Unfortunately I'm unable to upload the crash report, as it is > 10 MB, it
>> is 25.6 MB.
>>
>> -Ulf
>> Am 02.10.19 um 14:01 schrieb Ralph Little:
>>
>> Hi
>> Looks to me like you are missing a firmware file.
>>
>> I don't know about this model but for my Epson Perfection 1670 I had to
>> copy the firmware file off the CD that came with it and drop it in the
>> proper place.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ralph
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019, 11:22 Ulf Zibis, <Ulf.Zibis at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have this old scanner here and want to test if it works on Ubuntu
>>> 18.04 64 bit.
>>>
>>> I get:
>>> $ lsusb
>>> Bus 006 Device 006: ID 05d8:4002 Ultima Electronics Corp. Artec Ultima
>>> 2000 (GT6801 based)/Lifetec LT9385/ScanMagic 1200 UB Plus Scanner
>>> $ scanimage -L
>>> device `gt68xx:libusb:006:006' is a Mustek BearPaw 1200 CU flatbed
>>> scanner
>>> $ scanimage -hA
>>> Usage: scanimage [OPTION]...
>>> [...........]
>>> [gt68xx] Couldn't open firmware file
>>> (`/usr/share/sane/gt68xx/PS1fw.usb'): No such file or directory
>>> scanimage: open of device gt68xx:libusb:006:006 failed: Invalid argument
>>> Type ``scanimage --help -d DEVICE'' to get list of all options for
>>> DEVICE.
>>>
>>> List of available devices:
>>>     gt68xx:libusb:006:006
>>>
>>> I guess, I'm missing the right backend. Where can I find it?
>>>
>>> -Ulf
>>>
>>>
>>>
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