It is possibly just a permissions issue. Try it as root. If that works, then we have to update udev/hal rules
allan On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:00 AM, kltrg <m.kltrg at googlemail.com> wrote: > I'm sorry. I forgot to mention the version. 'scanimage --version' gives me > 'scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.20; backend version 1.0.20'. > > I now noticed that there is a support page for each version which I didn't > see at all before. Obviously, I need to search for my scanner in > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends-1.0.20.html#S-EPSON2 but it isn't > there. That means it is unsupported in 1.0.20. Sorry for not reading closely > enough. > I now took a closer look to all those lists on your website and found the one > that said the SX410 was supported. It's the "Current Stable SANE Version", > which at this point is 1.0.21 I installed (before reading Olafs message) > using a PPA from a Canonical employee > (https://launchpad.net/~robert-ancell/+archive/sane-backends). 'scanimage > --version' now gives me 'scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.21cvs; backend version > 1.0.21' but the problem is still the same: 'sane-find-scanner' detects the > SX410 but 'scanimage -L' sais it's still not supported. > > I do now have the 1.0.21 backends, right? So why would I need to install the > epkowa backend as Olafs suggested? > > Thanks for your help so far! > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
