[sane-devel] Canon TS8050 does not initialize

[Martin Gubser]

Hi Thierry

I had done this before I sent the Mail and I have verified again.

Yes, the scanner is known but it does not initialize properly on my system.

Martin


Am 20.05.20 um 23:33 schrieb Thierry HUCAHRD:
> Le 2020-05-20 22:39, Martin Gubser via sane-devel a écrit :
>> On Linux Mint 19.2 and 19.3 my TS8050 does not initialize properly.
>>
>> When I start XSANE the error message "device busy" is displayed.
>>
>> I have found the following work-around:
>> - switch off the TS8050
>> - perform "scanimage -T" in a command window. Result: "no Sane
>> devices found"
>> - switch on the TS8050
>> - perform "scanimage -T" again. Sometimes the steps from "switch off
>> the TS8050" to here have to be repeated.
>> - Start XSANE again from the menu.
>>
>> The TS8050 is connected via USB.
>>
>> I have quite a fast computer and a race condition or other timing
>> problem could well be the cause.
>>
> Hi Martin,
> Make sure you update your Sane installation.
> Your device is known!
> In a console type the commands below:
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-git
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt install libsane libsane-common sane-utils
>
> Thierry
>
>> Best regards,
>> Martin