Guy Taylor, the apport-collect is helpful for tracking down any wonky issues that may happen with a different environment than yours after the patch is included in Ubuntu.
Despite this, regarding getting a patch included in Ubuntu, one find helpful http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/fixing-a-bug.html . ** Changed in: sane-backends (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1540706 Title: Canon DR-F120 - IO Errors To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/sane-backends/+bug/1540706/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs