Ubuntu
xsane package

  1. Bug #478761
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 478761

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lacikae (lpekarik) wrote :

I am running ubuntu 9.10 on HP Probook 4510s and I have the same problems with HP ScanJet 5400c. Xsane can find a scanning device on startup and selecting preview, I get the error "failed to start scanner: Invalid argument" . Here is the output of lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b159 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 03f0:231d Hewlett-Packard
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0458:000e KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems) VideoCAM Web
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
and the output of sane-find-scanner

  # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
  # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
  # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

  # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host controller and have setup
  # the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.

  # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you
  # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
  # necessary.

In ScanLIte, I can only see the output from integrated webcam. It looks like webcam is recognised as the scanning device and the scanner is not found. Any help? Thanks in advance.