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<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Errors</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:29, 5 February 2016</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Errors ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Errors ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>xsane:&#160; no devices available</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>xsane:&#160; no devices available</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">simple-scan : similar to above</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">simple-scan : similar to above</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== root cause ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== root cause ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Nighthawk http://www.thelinuxwiki.com/index.php?title=Gentoo_linux_install_usb_scanner&diff=59&oldid=prev 2013-02-25T19:01:47Z

<p>Pushed from thelinuxwiki.com.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> == problems description ==<br /> Scanning is failing because the scanner software can't find the device.<br /> <br /> lsusb shows scanner (so its not a driver problem)<br /> $ lsusb <br /> Bus 001 Device 007: ID 04a9:190a Canon, Inc. CanoScan LiDE 210<br /> <br /> sane-find-scanner list the scanner<br /> # sane-find-scanner<br /> ...<br /> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x190a [CanoScan], chip=GL124) at libusb:001:006<br /> <br /> running xsane as root still reports &quot;no devices available&quot;... so it is not a user permission problem<br /> <br /> == Errors ==<br /> xsane: no devices available<br /> simple-scan : similar to above<br /> <br /> <br /> == root cause ==<br /> Xsane backend not installed<br /> <br /> == solution ==<br /> 1. lookup the required xsane backend for your scanner hardware here: http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl<br /> 2. add sane backend from above to make.conf (optional)<br /> SANE_BACKENDS=&quot;the_name_of_your_backend_goes_here&quot;<br /> 3. add &quot;usb&quot; &amp; &quot;scanner&quot; use flag to make.conf if needed<br /> 4. recompile sane-backends<br /> # emerge -uavND --quiet sane-backends <br /> <br /> TEST<br /> # scanimage -L <br /> device `genesys:libusb:001:007' is a Canon LiDE 210 flatbed scanner<br /> <br /> success! scanning now works<br /> <br /> [[category:scanning]]</div>

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