Just because you are using /usr/local/scanimage, it does not mean that it is automatically using libraries from /usr/local/lib. It might still be using the original libs. Run the following:
SANE_DEBUG_FUJITSU=5 scanimage -L and see what version shows up in the debugging info. allan On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 6:32 AM, andreo73 <andrea.bar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear allan, thanks for the quick reply > > following your advice, I've installed 1.0.24 (after installing libusb-dev > package, I've followed standard procedure: ./configure, make and sudo make > install, now executables are under /usr/local/bin ) > > now sane-find-scanner works > >> /usr/local/bin/sane-find-scanner > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04c5, product=0x132b) at libusb:002:007 > > ------------- > > and with sudo it works even better: > >> sudo /usr/local/bin/sane-find-scanner > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04c5 [Fujitsu], product=0x132b [ScanSnap iX500]) > at libusb:002:007 > > however sadly > >> sudo /usr/local/bin/scanimage -L > > No scanners were identified. If you .... (etc. etc.) > > again the scanner remains stuck with a yellow flashing "half-light" > > any suggestion? I am concerned about the message received when the scanner > is powered on (from dmesg): > > usb 2-6: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci > > is it normal "ehci-pci"?? > > any help is really welcome > > thanks > > Andrea > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://sane.10972.n7.nabble.com/fujitus-scansnap-ix500-not-found-by-sane-find-scanner-tp18666p18675.html > Sent from the SANE - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin" -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org