Hi, I've experienced similar issues with an old CanonScan. It worked until Fedora 19, but not in Fedora 20. I've tried with: simple-scan xsane gimp + sane plugin command line: scanimage -d plustek ... The last one returned an I/O error. Just to make sure it's not a scanner problem, I've asked a collegue of mine (which runs a fedora 19) to test it and it worked. I hope that Fedora 21 (that I'm going to install in the next few days) can bring it back to life. Best, -- Marco On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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, >>> Joe >> >> >> Joe: >> >> 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 -- 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