> Raphael Finkel, does the modified steps found in the original post below
> work for you?
I don't know. It will be some time before I can get around to trying
it.
Raphael
>
> 1) You need some usb libraries, so, in a terminal type:
>
> sudo apt-get install libusb-dev build-essential
>
> 2) To get the sane backends from git you need git-core. If you don't
> already have it, type this (also in a terminal):
>
> sudo apt-get install git-core
>
> 3) Now use the git that was just installed to get the sane backends
> using the following command:
>
> git clone git://git.debian.org/sane/sane-backends.git
>
> That downloads the backends and puts them in a folder called sane-
> backends in your home folder.
>
> 4) Change directory into the new sane-backends folder and compile them:
>
> cd sane-backends
>
> ./configure –prefix=/usr –sysconfdir=/etc –localstatedir=/var
>
> make <--- this one takes a while
>
> sudo make install
>
> Now everything is installed, but you still won't be able to scan (except
> as root) until you set up some permissions.
>
> 5) You need to edit a file, but you need to be root to edit it, so:
>
> sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules
>
> and add the following 2 lines:
>
> # Canon CanoScan
> ATTRS{idVendor}=="04a9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2229", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
>
> save the file, exit gedit, exit terminal, reboot, and...
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?s=91f00a5a92962456276915021e3da42a&p=9167803&postcount=9
>
> ** Changed in: sane-frontends (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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