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

[Ulf Zibis]

Hi Ralph,

this didn't work either because of limitations of my email provider. So
I have uploaded the crash report using split.

Good time with your family.

-Ulf

Am 02.10.19 um 18:31 schrieb 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
> <mailto: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
>>     <mailto: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
>>>         <mailto: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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