sane-find-scanner identifies devices that *could* be scanners. This is by design. Please see https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/575
Message has been improved upstream to say "found possible USB scanner". ** Bug watch added: gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues #575 https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/575 ** Changed in: sane-backends (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- 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/1168249 Title: Huawei UMTS USB dongle identified as scanner Status in sane-backends package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: On an uptodate precise system Huawei USB UMTS dongles are incorrectly identified as scanners. I tried this with two different, albeit very similar dongles. $ sane-find-scanner |grep -v -e '#' -e ^$ found USB scanner (vendor=0x12d1, product=0x1003) at libusb:001:015 $ lsusb | grep 15 Bus 001 Device 015: ID 12d1:1003 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E220 HSDPA Modem / E230/E270/E870 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem $ dpkg -l *sane* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-====================-====================-======================================================== ii libsane 1.0.22-7ubuntu1 API library for scanners ii libsane-common 1.0.22-7ubuntu1 API library for scanners -- documentation and support fi un libsane-extras <none> (no description available) ii libsane-hpaio 3.12.2-1ubuntu3.1 HP SANE backend for multi-function peripherals ii sane-utils 1.0.22-7ubuntu1 API library for scanners -- utilities To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1168249/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
