On 12/12/2014 12:45 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 07:56:05PM +0000, Joe Feely wrote:Just got a Canon LIDE 120 scanner. Neither Simple scan nor xsane detect it, though lsusb sees that it's connected. I bit of Googling makes me wonder if I need to exchange it. Is there a way to get it to work? I'm using fc20 + MATE. Thanks, JoeJoe: I'm using a Canon Lide 210 here. I found it worked without hassle, "out of the box," with Fedora 19 (on my netbook). That's using SANE OR Simplescan. They both work. I had the thought in my head that both the LIDE 1xx series and the Lide 2xx series were all software compatible, but I could be wrong. Oh, also, one thing I discovered the hard way is that cable length on this scanner MATTERS. I wanted to put it on a bookshelf near my computer, but to do that I need a (much) longer USB cable. To my surprise it doesn't work AT ALL with 15-20 feet of cable. not merely wrong, but just plain busted. so, when I want to use it, I open my desk drawer, perch the scanner on the open drawer, and connect it with a combination of the provided cable and an extension of 4-5 feet, with which it does work. The moral of the story being: if you've tried it only on a long cable, try a short one and see if it works any better. You may also want to ensure that F20 hasn't suffered a regression in their scanner support: on F20 I've got the following SANE packages installed: sane-frontends-1.0.14-16.fc19.i686 sane-backends-libs-1.0.24-7.fc19.i686 xsane-common-0.999-12.fc19.i686 xsane-gimp-0.999-12.fc19.i686 libsane-hpaio-3.13.11-4.fc19.i686 sane-backends-1.0.24-7.fc19.i686 sane-backends-drivers-scanners-1.0.24-7.fc19.i686 My (admittedly flaky) memory tells me that you need at least backends version 1.0.22 to get the lide drivers. Simple-scan is: simple-scan-3.8.0-1.fc19.i686
My guess is that genesys driver would work since it's used for most of the LIDE scanners. It may just not recognize the USB ID of your scanner. You could try including the USB ID of your scanner (from "lsusb") in the /etc/sane.d/genesys.conf file and trying to search for the scanner again. If it finds it, you could try a scan. Be careful, though. The developer warns: "This is stable software for supported models. But if you test new or untested scanners, keep your hand at the scanner's plug and unplug it, if the head bumps at the end of the scan area." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - NEWS FLASH! Intelligence of mankind decreasing! Details at... - - uh, when, uh, the little hand is, uh, on the... Aw, NUTS! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
