I checked the whole procedure on a fresh 16.04 install. To start saned.socket first I needed to run
`sudo systemctl start saned.socket` However, in /usr/share/doc/sane-utils/README.Debian I found the solution: To use socket.saned from startup, you have to run `sudo systemctl enable saned.socket` once. The terminal tells me: `Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/saned.socket to /lib/systemd/system/saned.socket.` On the next reboot saned.socket starts right away. This explains why it was started on my working machine; I definitely tried that command in my attempts to start saned... If you don't want that automatic start anymore, it has do be disabled again: `sudo systemctl disable saned.socket` So I would conclude: This is not a bug, but a feature ;-) -- 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/1577137 Title: saned.service masked and cannot be unmasked Status in sane-backends package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After upgrading to 16.04 (from 14.04) I noticed the sane daemon (sane- utils 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2) was no longer running. Attempting to manually start it results in systems complaining that the service is masked: kjetil at lucien in ~> sudo systemctl start saned Failed to start saned.service: Unit saned.service is masked. Unmasking it does not work: kjetil at lucien in ~> sudo systemctl unmask saned kjetil at lucien in ~> sudo systemctl start saned Failed to start saned.service: Unit saned.service is masked. kjetil at lucien in ~> ps u -C saned USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND kjetil at lucien in ~> ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: sane-utils 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun May 1 13:10:31 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-01 (1368 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120424.1) SourcePackage: sane-backends UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-24 (6 days ago) mtime.conffile..etc.default.saned: 2016-05-01T12:51:02.879807 mtime.conffile..etc.sane.d.saned.conf: 2016-01-10T13:57:20.785810 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1577137/+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
