It looks like I may have wasted your time. Sorry. See below: **************************************************************** Jérôme Guelfucci wrote: > Thanks for your bug report. Please try to obtain a backtrace > <http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash> > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace>and attach the file to the bug > report,a valgrind would also be perfect > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind>. This will greatly help us in > tracking down your problem. > > > ** Changed in: sane-backends (Ubuntu) > Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info > > ********************************************************************* After changing permissions on /dev/sg7 I got this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo nautilus Password: Initializing gnome-mount extension - using device default - using device default ** (nautilus:30668): WARNING **: No description found for mime type "x-special/device-char" (file is "sg7"), please tell the gnome-vfs mailing list. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sane-find-scanner # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. found SCSI processor "EPSON GT-X900 1.05" at /dev/sg7 # Your SCSI scanner was detected. It may or may not be supported by SANE. Try # scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host controller and have setup # the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details. # Not checking for parallel port scanners. # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports # can't be detected by this program. # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as # necessary. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ scanimage -L device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 virtual device device `epson:/dev/sg7' is a Epson GT-X900 flatbed scanner device `epkowa:/dev/sg7' is a Epson Perfection V700/V750 flatbed scanner [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ******************************************************************************** So sane substituted the hauppage for the scanner in Xsane. Strange. It is a PCI card which has Composite, S-video, and audio RCA inputs, certainly not Firewire or SCSI. Is this (copied from the above lines) something you are interested in? ** (nautilus:30668): WARNING **: No description found for mime type "x-special/device-char" (file is "sg7"), please tell the gnome-vfs mailing list. Thanks for your time. Crawford Best -- sane and scanimage crash in Feisty but not in 6.06 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115726 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs