I have a similar problem, but with a SCSI scanner. If I type in a terminal window lsscsi it shows the scanner is there, but without a location eg /dev/
Sometimes if I type sane-find-scanner it does. This morning I had to use modprobe sg1 then it worked OK. David. On Tue, 2016-03-08 at 16:06 -0800, New Linux wrote: > Thanks Lisi, but still having the same trouble... > > I did this: > > 1) To /etc/apt/sources.list I added the line: > deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie-backports main > > 2) Then did: apt-get update > > 3) Then did: > apt-get -t jessie-backports install sane libsane libsane-common > sane-utils > > But when I try to scan, I get the same errors as described previously. > Am I doing something wrong there? > > > > ----- Original message ----- > From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 23:01:42 +0000 > > > > Some new information about SANE scanner problem: > > > > Debian (scanner not working): libsane 1.0.24 libsane-common 1.0.24 > > > > Ubuntu (scanner working): libsane 1.0.23 libsane-common 1.0.23 > > > > To experiment, I used synaptic to remove everything related to SANE > on > > Debian Jessie, and then compiled SANE 1.0.23 from source on it. And > then > > command line SCANNING WORKED - Great! > > > > Unfortunately, as soon as I reinstalled either XSane or SimpleScan, > > synaptic reinstalled SANE 1.0.24 and then nothing worked again. > > > > If these questions sound like I don't know what I'm doing, it's > because > > I don't know what I'm doing (amateur Debian user): > > > > 1) Is there some way I can install the older SANE 1.0.23 via > Synaptic? > > 2) Alternatively, since SANE 1.0.22 was part of Wheezy - can that be > > installed via Synaptic on Jessie? > > I wrote half an email before doing the correct Google search. :-( > > I see that the Jessie libsane problem has already been solved: > https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libsane&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all > > So follow these directions for using Backports, and you will be home > and dry: > http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ > > I don't know how you use backports in Synaptic. In Aptitude it is the > same as > in apt-get, mutatis mutandis. You could always use apt-get just this > once! > > Lisi > > > > Original post: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00241.html > >