Comment 7 for bug 109530

It has been an issue for as long as I remember using Ubuntu.
The solution is simple, don't have a turned off printer plugged into the
parallel port.
I guess I can live with that, but it can be extremely annoying if you don't
know why your scanner isn't detected.

2009/5/18 Teej <email address hidden>

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue
> for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: sane-backends (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Need method to disable sane from probing scanners on parallel port(s)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109530
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