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(Get the code!)
Ben,
Your suggestion to:
"This would be more proper by doing:
- sudo vi /etc/modprobe.
- Add a line with "options usbcore autosuspend=0", without quotes
- sudo update-initramfs -u
Reboot, and hopefully things will work as expected."
did not work. It actually made the USB connected scanner invisible to Xsane and Kooka. I had to undo those changes for Xsane to even find the scanner.
Scanbuttond works on th efirst scan. It does not allow doing a preview scan followed after cropping the selection with another scan. It only works one time, then has to be run again.
Canon Lide series scanner here.
None of the suggestions made so far are acceptable work-arounds. The kernel needs to be fixed, or actually, the newer kernel that has the fix that works needs to be used in the next release. This would require someone with real authority (and a caring attitude for those who need to use a scanner, including some disabled persons) to make happen. This is an opportunuty for the Ubuntu developers to show that they can not only fix the USB problem but also please those who feel they need a little more time from their laptop batteries (and didn't think ahead to buy a second battery like I did).
Why not bite the bullet, make it happen, and make it work for both types of users. As a laptop user, I would gladly give up battery life for something that worked with my scanner, but it doesn't have to be one or the other, as can be seen by the fix in the new kernel (if I correctly understand the notes I read on the new kernel). It just means a more difficult beta test period to prove it can work or be made to work. Think "oportunity" and not "problem" and maybe it can be so. It won't go awy, that's for sure, unless everyone with a scanner "goes away" to another distro, which might happen if the community loses patience with the developers. From what I see in this forum and other places, it's starting to go that route, unfortunately, for some people. I'm willing to wait a little longer to see if anyone really cares about this.