Xsane couldn't detect scanner
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Applies to
SuSE Linux: Version 7.2
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be outdated or the article may contain stale links.
Kernel: Version 2.4.x
Symptom:
After a new installation resp. an update the tools xsane and xscanimage
can't detect a scanner although the scanner is connected and reachable.
Cause:
One reason is probably the umax scanner backend from sane causing a memory access error
during a SCSI bus inquiry.
Solution:
Please try the following procedure:
(This helpful hint was kindly provided by Mr. Jörg Bierwagen)
Put a #
at the umax backend entry (resp. all the ones that aren't needed) at the
file
/etc/sane.d/dll.conf - afterwards xsane should start without problems.
Please kindly regard that requests about scanner go beyond the scope of our free
installationsupport.
Keywords: XSANE, SANE, XSCANIMAGE, SCANNER, SCSI
Categories:
Scanner
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- Version: 08. Aug 2001
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