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(a)alldigital.com> 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."
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