On Sat 31 Jul 2021 at 16:57:53 +0100, mick crane wrote:

> On 2021-07-31 14:37, mick crane wrote:
> when I say Xsane works fine.
> All I've deleted as far as I know are the .conf files for scanners I don't
> have.
> 
> In /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
> I removed all scanner names except
> net
> fujitsu
> #escl

That's OK.
 
> running Xsane I get to select
> fujitsu or net:localhost.. both of which work

I'd expect this too.

> but if I comment out fujitsu Xsane says "no devices available"
> /etc/sane.d/net.conf
> connect_timeout = 3
> localhost
> 
> Which I'm not understanding.

the net backend is for accessing another backend, either remotely or
on localhost. If you comment out fujitsu on localhost, there isn't
any suitable backend on localhost to contact and use the scanner.

-- 
Brian.

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