Had problem with EPSON perfection 3170 photo = GT9400UF searched for long
to display what dll are used, use command shell export SANE_DEBUG_DLL=128 then use command shell xsane discovered that [dll] load: searching backend `epkowa' in `/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/sane:/usr/lib/sane' [dll] load: trying to load `/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-epkowa.so.1' [dll] load: dlopen()ing `/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-epkowa.so.1' [dll] init: initializing backend `epkowa' [dll] init: backend `epkowa' is version 1.0.213 the file /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-epkowa.so.1 (273k) is different from the file included in the driver downloaded from epsion (142k) the file downloaded from epsion was installed at /usr/lib/sane/ copied this file from /usr/lib/sane/ to /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/sane/ (renamed file 273k for safety) now [dll] init: backend `epkowa' is version 1.0.208 and working (for me) - probable regression between version 1.0.208 and version 1.0.213 Regards Regards -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728012 Title: Many 3rd party scanner drivers are broken by a sane change To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1728012/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs