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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