Chances are, you have two different copies of sane-backends installed, and xsane and scanimage are using different ones. Try running these at the command line:
SANE_DEBUG_DLL=255 scanimage -L and SANE_DEBUG_DLL=255 xsane then compare the debugging output. It will tell you what files are being loaded. allan On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 7:05 AM, <and...@acidgray.com> wrote: > Hello there! > > I have a strange problem. I own a Mustek A3 2400S scanner and after > overwriting the SANE backend with Mustek's 32-bit driver I was able to have > it communicating with my computer (Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca). I also had to > change some USB permissions in a udev rule and assign me to the "scanner" > group - after that I could communicate with the scanner non-root too. But > while XSane scans works fine, I have not managed to get it to work with even > more simpler "scanimage" command, I tried a lot of different arguments to it > too. It's making strange sounds etc., almost as it's trying to override the > hardware specs (with Mustek on Linux you have to be careful). And of course, > no actual scans. > > So how come XSane manages to scan properly whereas scanimage CLI will not? > Does XSane use some parameters/driver not included in my "scanimage" > command? > > I'm pretty sure I will turn my scanner into a toaster if I don't get this > right soon - so any suggestions would be helpful! If you wonder why I insist > on using scanimage instead of a GUI it's because I'm writing a bash script > for batch processing. > > > For more information, please read my forum thread here: > http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=195672 > > > -dwarf > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org -- "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge of my hand" -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
