[sane-devel] Sane no longer works

[Kelly Price]

Okay try this:

sudo sane-find-scanner

And lets see if it finds it w/o error.

On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 7:58 PM Steve Cohen <stevecoh2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks.  I tried this but it doesn't seem to have helped. Output from xsane -v is the same, but then, that's xsane, not the backend, right?  How can I check the backend version now installed, and what results should I expect?
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> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 6:29 PM Kelly Price <strredwolf at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Are you using Ubuntu's version of SANE or the latest from the SANE-Releases PPA?
>>
>> If it's the former, switch to the latter:
>> https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release
>>
>> In short:
>>
>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sane-project/sane-release
>> sudo apt-get update
>>
>> Then run package updates (sudo apt-get upgrade, or use aptitude)
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 6:48 PM Steve Cohen <stevecoh2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I have a Canon LIDE 220 scanner. I am running
>> > Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, 64-bit
>> >
>> >   xsane -v
>> > Gtk-Message: 14:37:04.462: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
>> > xsane-0.999 (c) 1998-2013 Oliver Rauch
>> >    E-mail: Oliver.Rauch at xsane.org
>> >    package xsane-0.999
>> >    compiled with GTK-2.24.32
>> >    with color management function
>> >    with GIMP support, compiled with GIMP-2.10.18
>> >    XSane output formats: jpeg, pdf(compr.), png, pnm, ps(compr.), tiff, txt
>> >
>> > This setup used to work well.  I don't use it often but it no longer
>> > does. On "scanning for devices" I get "Failed to open device
>> > genesys:libusb:003:029 - Invalid Argument.
>> >
>> > $ scanimage --test
>> > Output format is not set, using pnm as a default.
>> > scanimage: open of device genesys:libusb:003:031 failed: Invalid argument
>> >
>> > Can someone point me to a solution for this?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
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>>
>> --
>> Kelly "STrRedWolf" Price
>> http://redwolf.ws



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