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xsane package

  1. Bug #106776
  2. Comment #1

Comment 1 for bug 106776

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Wolf Rogner (war-rsb) wrote :

Exactly the same behaviour here.

lsusb
...
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04a9:2204 Canon, Inc. CanoScan FB630U
...

sane-find-scanner
...
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9, product=0x2204 [CanoScan FB630U]) at libusb:002:003
...

scanimage -L (xsane not running)
device `canon630u:libusb:002:003' is a CANON Canoscan FB630U flatbed scanner

scanimage -L (xsane running)
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).

xsane Info:
Vendor: CANON
Model: Canoscan FB630U
Type: flatbed scanner
Device: 003
Loaded backend: canon630u:libusb:002
Sane version: 1.0.18
...

tail -f /var/log/syslog (on start of xsane)
...
Apr 30 21:40:29 hb xsane: unable to open /var/run/hplip/hpiod.port: No such file or directory: api/hplip_api.c 93
Apr 30 21:40:29 hb xsane: unable to connect hpiod socket 2208: Connection refused: api/hplip_api.c 721

??? Why does xsane try to open hplip?

Without help this is as much as I can find out.