[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1731459] Re: genesys_gl847 scanners produce a black band in scanned images on Ubuntu 17.10+, 18.04 LTS and 18.10 Cosmic cuttlefish

@vorlon, @gunnarhj: I added disco-proposed and downgraded the relevant packages to these versions: --- libsane-common/disco-proposed,disco-proposed,now 1.0.27-3.2ubuntu1.1 all [installed,automatic] libsane/disco-proposed,now 1.0.27-3.2ubuntu1.1 amd64 [installed] sane-utils/disco-proposed,now 1.0.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1731459] Re: genesys_gl847 scanners produce a black band in scanned images on Ubuntu 17.10+, 18.04 LTS and 18.10 Cosmic cuttlefish

@Ananth, @Gunnar: I wanted to cross-verify that the patch works for LiDE 200 on bionic 18.04.3 - To do this I booted from a fresh bionic live usb stick and installed the patch from ppa in the live session. However what I discovered is that this does not work on bionic AND also does not work on a di

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1731459] Re: genesys_gl847 scanners produce a black band in scanned images on Ubuntu 17.10+, 18.04 LTS and 18.10 Cosmic cuttlefish

No worries :) I now retried and it worked perfectly - thanks! More importantly I can confirm the update from your ppa solves the issue on Ubuntu 19.04 (I did before/after testing with a CanoScan LiDE 200). I will gladly test again when required, thanks for the initiative! -- You received this b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1731459] Re: genesys_gl847 scanners produce a black band in scanned images on Ubuntu 17.10+, 18.04 LTS and 18.10 Cosmic cuttlefish

Hey Gunnar, Thanks so much for picking this up! I attempted the mentioned pre- verification on a relatively fresh 19.04/Disco installation (specifically: one without any manual changes to the system-installed sane packages and repositories). However I got an error that seems to be related to the