Seems like indeed support for that scanner only made it into the 1.0.24 release which did not make it in time for trusty.
If you are using the live CD you need to be sure about sufficient permissions -> "maby adding to lp and scanner group could help" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to sane-backends in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005608 Title: unsupported device - Samsung CLX-3160 Status in “sane-backends” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: simple-scan doesn't detect my scanner even if I run it as a root. sane-find-scanner says: "found USB scanner (vendor=0x04e8 [Samsung], product=0x341c [Samsung CLX-3160 Series]) at libusb:002:004" and scanimage -L output is "No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). ". My scanner is multifunction device CLX-3160FN and it was working on Ubuntu Natty if I used simple-scan as a root. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libsane 1.0.22-7ubuntu1 [modified: usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsane.so.1.0.22] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon May 28 19:25:33 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120315) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: sane-backends UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.sane.d.dll.conf: 2012-04-10T11:30:26.350148 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1005608/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
