this will probably not help with the scanning issue, but is there a special reason why you use ubuntu 11.10 instead of 12.04lts?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to simple-scan in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073796 Title: I've "upgraded" to 11.1. All of a sudden Simple Scan won't see that any scanner is attached. Status in “simple-scan” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I've tried rebooting and all the simple stuff. Scanner is USB and all other USB devices work fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: simple-scan 3.2.1-0ubuntu1~oneiric1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-26.43-generic-pae 3.0.43 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-26-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Oct 31 20:20:51 2012 DriverPackageVersions: libsane 1.0.22-2ubuntu2 libsane-extras N/A hplip 3.11.7-1ubuntu3.1 hpoj N/A InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A665 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-26-generic-pae root=UUID=82a5b25a-b719-49e7-866c-7ccfb00d294f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SimpleScanLog: SourcePackage: simple-scan UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/13/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.bios.version: 2.10 dmi.board.asset.tag: NULL dmi.board.name: PHQAA dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.board.version: 1.00 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: * dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvr2.10:bd07/13/2011:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA665:pvrPSAW6U-002023:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPHQAA:rvr1.00:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Satellite A665 dmi.product.version: PSAW6U-002023 dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/1073796/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp