[sane-devel] Sane no longer works

[Steve Cohen]

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?



On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 6:29 PM Kelly Price <strredwolf at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
>
>
> --
> Kelly "STrRedWolf" Price
> http://redwolf.ws
>
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