I cant find my scanner with python and would really like some help getting this working.<br><br>Im running Ubuntu 8.10.<br>ulf@hovermo:~(0)$ uname -a<br>Linux hovermo 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:24:39 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux<br>
<br>My scanner is a Epson Perfection V100 Photo. I have no problems using xsane or scanimage.<br>ulf@hovermo:~(0)$ scanimage -L<br>device `epkowa:libusb:001:012' is a Epson Perfection V10/V100 flatbed scanner<br><br>But when I try to access the scanner through python no device could be found with get_devices or accessed directly with devicename.<br>
ulf@hovermo:~(0)$ python<br>Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Oct 5 2008, 19:24:49) <br>[GCC 4.3.2] on linux2<br>Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.<br>>>> import sane<br>
>>> sane.get_devices()<br>[]<br>>>> sane.open('epkowa:libusb:001:012')<br>Traceback (most recent call last):<br> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module><br> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sane.py", line 288, in open<br>
new=SaneDev(devname)<br> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sane.py", line 143, in __init__<br> d['sane_signature'] = self._getSaneSignature(devname)<br> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sane.py", line 151, in _getSaneSignature<br>
raise RuntimeError('no scanner available')<br>RuntimeError: no scanner available<br>>>> <br><br>Any solutions?<br><br>Thanks<br>/Ulf Renman<br>