I also tried disabling ppdev with no positive result. It seems like there are several problems with the backends, depending on which one you need/use.
Renzo--I would think that you should open a seperate bug for your problem, and link it to this bug. I am hoping that with enough problems, we will get some "love". -- Canon Lide25 (plustek backend) scanner does not scan via gui https://launchpad.net/bugs/85488 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs