[sane-devel] brother-MFC-J485DW fails after update. [partially solved]
Thierry Huchard
thierry at ordissimo.com
Tue Aug 25 21:05:41 BST 2020
Sorry, this entries is correct :
[device]
model Brother MFC-J485DW
type http
ip 192.168.1.28:80
port 80
Le 25 août 2020 21:53:09 GMT+02:00, Thierry HUCHARD <thierry at ordissimo.com> a écrit :
>Hi,
>
>For escl to be constant, I suggest you add the following entries (I
>would look at why it disappears (I have already noticed it)
>
>
>[device]
>model Brother MFC-J485DW
>http type
>ip 192.168.1.28:80
>port 80
>
> in the file: /etc/sane.d/escl.conf
>
>Brother and owner, I have a preference for free drivers, if you choose
>this solution, the entries "brother2", "brother3" and "brother4" can be
>erased.
>
>For airscan, the maintainer has read your message and will probably ask
>you for the log files.
>
>Another thing, for your printer using the airprint cups driver it is
>much better than the driver provided by Brother.
>
>Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
>
>Thierry
>
>Le 2020-08-25 21:23, pj.world at gmx.com a écrit :
>> Hello and thank you for your response. I am uncertain what the best
>> format in which to respond to the mailing list is so I am including my
>> origional message at the bottom. Then Thierry's response and this
>> message on top.
>>
>> 1. I determined that the MFC-J485DW was not communicating when I
>> attempted to ping it's designated ip address. It made some sense
>> because devices had been occasionally dropping off the network
>> suddenly this past week.
>>
>> 2. I replaced modem-router combo with a different unit on hand. I was
>> then able to ping the MFC-J485DW.
>>
>> 3. SANE worked again.
>>
>> 4. I added the ppa by:
>>
>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-git
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt install libsane libsane-common sane-utils
>>
>> 5. I added backend entries "brother2" "brother3" "brother4" to
>> /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
>>
>> 6. I updated entire system "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get
>> upgrade" and then rebooted.
>>
>> 7. My question is as follows: xsane 0.999 shows when opening. (In the
>> "Available devices" menu). After fresh system boot Initially 3 device
>> options are shown. Then once xsane is closed and executed later during
>> same system boot only 2 device options are shown as follows:
>>
>> Initially these options are available: Brother MFC-J485DW MFC-J485DW
>> [brother:net1;dev0]
>>
>> Brother
>> MFC-J485DW flatbed scanner [escl:http://192.168.1.28:80]
>>
>> eSCL Brother
>> MFC-J485 eSCL network scanne [airscan:e0:Brother MFC-J485DW
>>
>> After initial xsane use only 2 options are available: Brother
>> MFC-J485DW MFC-J485DW [brother:net1;dev0]
>>
>>
>> eSCL Brother MFC-J485 eSCL network scanne
>> [airscan:e0:Brother MFC-J485DW
>>
>> Which option is prefered it seems now with updates applied today
>> through the PPA all are functional. Whereis prior sane-airscan did not
>> scan correctly with the MFC-J485DW. sane-airscan worked fine on my
>> HP-Officejet 4630 though.
>>
>> 8. Thank you for your thoughts and assistance if able.
>> Paul
>>
>> Hi,
>> the Brother driver is not free.
>> report the bug to: https://support.brother.comotre scanner is
>> supported
>> by the free escl and sanr-airscan driver.
>> I suggest you update your sane version:
>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-git
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt install libsane libsane-common sane-utils
>> Thierry
>> Le 2020-08-25 02:51, pj.world at gmx.com a écrit :
>>
>>> Hello, I am running LinuxMint 20 upgraded from LinuxMint 19.3
>> earlier
>>> this month. The (brother MFC-J485DW all-in-one) is connected
>>> wirelessly to the network and was functioning fine after the update
>> to
>>> Mint20 when then reinstallation of the (brother Driver Install Tool
>>> was applied). xsane .999 is the currently installed version. The
>>> printer and scanner were working fine before I updated the system
>>> earlier today which is 2020-8-24.
>>>
>>> Below is a list of all updates upgraded and installed on 2020-8-24
>> one
>>> or more of which apparently broke the functionality of xsane and
>>> printing features on the MFC-J485DW today.
>>>
>>> Command ----> "GREP UPGRADE /VAR/LOG/DPKG.LOG" outputs:
>>>
>>> 2020-08-24 09:30:13 UPGRADE libsane:i386 1.0.29-0ubuntu5
>>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1
>>> 2020-08-24 09:30:15 UPGRADE libsane:amd64 1.0.29-0ubuntu5
>>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1
>>> 2020-08-24 09:30:16 UPGRADE libsane1:amd64 1.0.29-0ubuntu5
>>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1
>>> 2020-08-24 09:30:17 UPGRADE libsane-common:all 1.0.29-0ubuntu5
>>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1
>>> 2020-08-24 09:30:19 UPGRADE sane-utils:amd64 1.0.29-0ubuntu5
>>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1
>>> 2020-08-24 09:30:20 UPGRADE ghostscript-x:amd64 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1
>>> 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2
>>> 2020-08-24 09:30:21 UPGRADE ghostscript:amd64 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1
>>> 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2
>>> 2020-08-24 09:30:22 UPGRADE libgs9:amd64 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1
>>> 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2
>>> 2020-08-24 09:30:24 UPGRADE libgs9-common:all 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1
>>> 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2
>>> 2020-08-24 15:49:12 UPGRADE libsnmp-base:all 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.2
>>> 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3
>>> 2020-08-24 15:49:13 UPGRADE libsnmp35:i386 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.2
>>> 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3
>>> 2020-08-24 15:49:15 UPGRADE libsnmp35:amd64 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.2
>>> 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3
>>> 2020-08-24 16:10:34 UPGRADE mfcj485dwlpr:i386 1.0.0-0 1.0.0-0
>>> 2020-08-24 16:11:53 UPGRADE brscan4:amd64 0.4.9-1 0.4.9-1
>>> 2020-08-24 16:11:58 UPGRADE brscan-skey:amd64 0.3.1-1 0.3.1-1
>>> 2020-08-24 17:09:17 UPGRADE libsane1:amd64 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1
>>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5
>>> 2020-08-24 17:15:58 UPGRADE libsane1:amd64 1.0.29-0ubuntu5
>>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1
>>>
>>> Here are additional command outputs:
>>>
>>> Command ----> "BRSANECONFIG4 -Q | GREP MFC-J485DW" outputs:
>>> * *MFC-J485DW [ 192.168.1.23] MFC-J485DW
>>>
>>> Command ----> "BRSCAN-SKEY -L" outputs:
>>> MFC-J485DW : brother4:net1;dev0 : 192.168.1.23 Not
>>> responded
>>>
>>> 1. For instance when I attempt to use Synaptic Package Manager to
>>> attempt to (Force Version downgrade) of the "libsane-common" package
>>> back to version 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.0 from 1.0.29-Oubuntu5.1 the (To be
>>> removed) list includes the following packages:
>>>
>>> brscan-skey
>>> colord
>>> hplip
>>> libsane
>>> libsane1
>>> sane
>>> sane-utils
>>> simple-scan
>>> xsane
>>>
>>> 2. Is there any advice that I can proceed with here? Before
>> attempting
>>> to revert to a earlier backup of Mint 20 or even potentialy proceed
>>> back to Mint 19.3 completely?
>>>
>>> 3. For instance looking at the above package updates list it appears
>>> the "libsane1:amd64" package is going back and forth between *.5 and
>>> *.5.1 throughout the day.
>>>
>>> 4. I'm quite confused and would appreciate your advice. Thank you
>> for
>>> any assistance.
>
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