FC5 Canon LiDE 30 and libusbscanner

[Richard England]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 23 April 2006 16:53, Richard England wrote:
>   
>> I've recently updated from FC4 to FC5 and attached my Canon LiDE 30
>> scanner. This scanner works under FC3. I never tried it on FC4 before
>> updating the machine. I can't seem to get it to be recognized except
>> as root.  Even then, when I attempt to scan something, I get a
>> "Failed to start scanner: Device busy" error.
>>
>> #scanimage -L
>> device 'plustek:libusb:001:004' is a Canon N1240U/LiDE30 USB flatbed
>> scanner
>>
>> My research, to date, shows that part of the problem might be that
>> /etc/hotplug/usb/libusbscanner might be missing.
>>
>> Is there some step I've missed here?  Has anyone else been successful
>> in getting a USB scanner to function and can they shed any light on
>> this situation?  As far as I can tell sane-backend is as update to
>> date as the repositories allow.
>>
>>     
> Sane itself should have no trouble at all recognizing it.  My sane is a 
> wee bit ancient here, but I've got a lappy with FC5 on it and the cable 
> is portable so lets see if I have a problem.  The scanner is an epson 
> 1250u, uses the same plustek library AFAIK..  And I'm running as root 
> ATM on the FC5 lappy. 
>
> Plugged the usb cable into the lappy, ran xsane, clicked thru the 
> license, it found it as an Epson Prefection 1250/Photo:002, so I stuck 
> a piece of paper on the bed & told it to get a preview.  It waited for 
> over a minute before starting the scan, presumably to let the lamp warm 
> up, and the preview looks plumb normal to me.  Rather looks like 
> another piece of gear I take along to the job.  That and my trusty old 
> Epson C82, or get a newer lookalike, its truely been a hockey puck for 
> about 4-5 years now.  Both it and the scanner have been used fairly 
> hard.
>
> The only things I have in /etc/hotplug/usb are kino related.
> And there is no libusbscanner on the system according to locate.
>
> So I'm afraid its not going to be a lot of help to you, other than to 
> suggest you may be barking up the wrong tree.  Sorry.
>
>   
Thank you, Gene.

At least I know what direction NOT to go in.

Back to the Sane site and Google....but I'm running out of key words.... :-}

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