Ubuntu
xsane package

  1. Bug #20413
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 20413

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Ville Ranki (ville-ranki) wrote :

I confirm this still happens on Quantal.

$ scanimage -L
device `niash:libusb:002:005' is a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 3400C flatbed scanner
$ scanimage > /dev/null
scanimage: open of device niash:libusb:002:005 failed: Device busy
$ ls -l /dev/bus/usb/002/005
crw-rw-r--+ 1 root root 189, 132 Dec 8 16:06 /dev/bus/usb/002/005

Unplug and replug the usb cable -> scanner works fine in xsane.