Hi, Jack.
---- On Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:16:09 -0500 Jack Hill <jackh...@jackhill.us> wrote
----
> On Mon, 4 Nov 2019, sirgazil via Bug reports for GNU Guix wrote:
>
> > I can't use the scanner because Simple Scan (a.k.a. Document Scanner) does
> > not detect it.
>
> That's unfortunate. I think the follow information might help in
> troubleshooting:
>
> What scanner is it, and how is it connected (e.g. USB)? What does running
> `scanimage -L` from the terminal report? scanimage can be found in the
> sane-backends package (yes, it contains frontends too :)) I expect this to
> also report no scanners found just like simple-scan, but it's worth
> checking just to be sure.
It's an HP Scanjet 2200c (connects using USB). Scanimage can't find it either:
$ scan-image -L
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
> I've added `(simple-service 'custom-udev-rules udev-service-type (list
> sane-backends))`
> to my system services, which may help the scanning tools have permission
> to access your scanner.
But that SOLVED the issue :) I did the following:
1. Open my system configuration file.
2. Import (gnu packages scanner) to be able to use sane-backends in step 3.
3. Add (simple-service 'custom-udev-rules udev-service-type (list
sane-backends)) to the list of services.
4. Save the changes.
5. Reconfigure the system with
$ sudo guix system reconfigure ~/path/to/my-config.scm
6. Reboot.
After this, when I start the Document Scanner application it reports:
```
Ready to scan
HP Scanjet 2200c
```
And I can scan successfully.
Thanks, Jack.
P. S.: Now I wonder if https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35584 can
be solved in a similar way...
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