Comment 416 for bug 85488

Debian just fixed it, with the lastest libssane!
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/sane-backends/sane-backends_1.0.19~cvs20070730-1/changelog

 sane-backends (1.0.19~cvs20070730-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New CVS snapshot.
     + Workaround for CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND (closes: #434276).
   * debian/control, debian/rules:
     + Make libsane depend on makedev | udev on Linux (closes: #428220).
   * debian/libsane.postinst:
     + Change MAKEDEV invocation to invoke /dev/MAKEDEV instead of /sbin/MAKEDEV.
   * debian/control:
     + Do not {build-,}depend on libusb-dev nor libieee1284-dev on hurd-i386
       (closes: #434575).
     + Use ${binary:Version} instead of ${Source-Version}.
   * debian/rules:
     + Do not ignore make distclean errors.
   * debian/patches/30_sanei_scsi_sg_ioctl.dpatch:
     + Removed; merged upstream.

Have fun, maybe the package works on ubuntu. too.