On 21/07/10 11:47, Barry Drake wrote: > On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 00:59 +0100, John Stevenson wrote: > > >> I believe there was a kernel update in the last week or three, perhaps >> that was the source of your problem. When doing an upgrade, have a >> quick scan through the list of updates and if there is a kernel-image >> listed, then get ready to reinstall your proprietary driver (you could >> write a bash if the driver install is not already scripted). >> > Thanks - I never thought about the kernel. It won't be CUPS as the > printer still worked just fine and I didn't need to re-install the CUPS > wrapper and driver, only the scanner driver and SANE wrapper. I'll > watch out for kernel updates in future and see if I can find the reason. > > Barry Drake. > Hi Barry, Just out of curiosity, I have Canon scanner and didnt even need to install any drivers, I connected it via USB and used "simple scan" which is installed by default under the Applications / Graphics menu. Im not sure if this works for you, I guess you already tried it. I didnt think that scanners would need much in the way of drivers
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