On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 11:15:05PM +0100, Marco Guazzone wrote: > 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. sounds like a regression to me! > > 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... 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