Hi Heini, please read README.linux for details.
Your "new" scanimage uses the "old" distro's libsane. I would prefer setting symbolic links, as described in README.linux. If you want to replace the distro's libsane, then you should also use the --bindir and --libdir parameters. --libdir must link to the installation place of your distro's libsane, e.g. --libdir="/usr/lib". I don't remember the correct path for Mint13. Cheers, Rolf Am 03.09.2012 10:40, schrieb Heini X: > Hello, > > I am using Linux Mint 13 and try to use a CanoScan 9000F up to now > without success. > > My procedure: > > Dowloaded sane backends 1.0.23, unpacked and in the source dir I did: > > > ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var > make > sudo make install > > > > sane-find-scanner > > # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the > # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your > # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. > > # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make > sure that > # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x1908 [CanoScan]) at > libusb:002:006 > # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be > supported by > # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. > > # Not checking for parallel port scanners. > > # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary > ports > # can't be detected by this program. > > # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once > you > # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as > # necessary. > > > And now: > scanimage -V > scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.23; backend version 1.0.22 > > scanimage -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). > > > sudo scanimage -L > gives the same result. > > Any ideas what I am doing wrong? > > > Best wishes > > Heini > > > > > > > > > > >
