Hi Al, Am 23.08.2013 17:47, schrieb ?l ??gn?r: > Am Fr, 23 Aug 2013 17:17:33 CEST schrieb ?l ??gn?r: > >> With a fresh install of Xubuntu 12.04 I use >> >> sane 1.0.14-9 >> sane-utils 1.0.22-7ubuntu1 >> >> As user root: >> >> ~# /usr/bin/sane-find-scanner >> found USB scanner (vendor=04a9 [Canon], product=0x1908 [CanoScan]) >> at libusb:008:002 >> >> ~# /usr/bin/scanimage -L >> No scanners were identified. >> >> ~# /usr/bin/scanimage -V >> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.22; backend version 1.0.22 >> >> Should the Canon 9000F be supported by this sane-version or do I have >> to compile it myself? > In the meantime I compiled git and there is no change: > > usr/local/bin/sane-find-scanner > found USB scanner (vendor=04a9 [Canon], product=0x1908 [CanoScan]) at > libusb:008:002 > > /usr/local/bin/scanimage -V > scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.24git; backend version 1.0.22
Here you can see that the old SANE backend version 1.0.22 is used. You need to register new SANE backend (library) as described in README.linux. > /usr/local/bin/scanimage -L > No scanners were identified. > > Maybe the old thing, that it suddenly works after hours or days without > doing anything. I know, that this has been discussed before and I have > no idea who can change this behaviour, but this should get better. > > If you only need the latest git version and you don't want to patch any code by yourself, you can use my Ubuntu ppa from Launchpad: 'sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-git'. Cheers, Rolf
