Comment 102 for bug 85488

same problem with a Epson Perfection 660 (snapscan)...
but, when I launch Xsane, it freeze on the device choice window, and I was sure it was a freeze, but not.
In fact, if I wait 5 minutes, it finally start and I can scan normally.

and if I don't scan for a long period, it freeze but just for 5 minutes...

perhaps it is possible to make a little daemon that "talk" to the scanner every 2 minutes, avoid it to "asleep" ;-)

David

PS: I've got this in /var/log/syslog, and the timing seems to match with the moment I use Xsane (but my scanner is USB!?):

Apr 26 11:44:44 morpheus kernel: [ 6245.556000] ppdev0: registered pardevice
Apr 26 11:44:44 morpheus kernel: [ 6245.556000] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
Apr 26 11:44:45 morpheus kernel: [ 6246.300000] ppdev0: registered pardevice
Apr 26 11:44:45 morpheus kernel: [ 6246.348000] ppdev0: negotiated back to compatibility mode because user-space forgot
Apr 26 11:44:45 morpheus kernel: [ 6246.348000] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice

same in kern.log...