Xsane couldn't detect scanner

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.2
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Kernel: Version 2.4.x

Symptom:

After a new installation resp. an update the tools xsane and xscanimage can't detect a scanner although the scanner is connected and reachable.

Cause:

One reason is probably the umax scanner backend from sane causing a memory access error during a SCSI bus inquiry.

Solution:

Please try the following procedure:

(This helpful hint was kindly provided by Mr. Jörg Bierwagen)

Put a # at the umax backend entry (resp. all the ones that aren't needed) at the file /etc/sane.d/dll.conf - afterwards xsane should start without problems.

Please kindly regard that requests about scanner go beyond the scope of our free installationsupport.
Keywords: XSANE, SANE, XSCANIMAGE, SCANNER, SCSI

Categories: Scanner

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