Continued support is greatly appreciated. I installed the update as suggested above. After that, I ran the following programs with the results shown:
From the Xsane Image scanning program, I continue to get the "Failed to start scanner: Out of memory" message. From the Simple Scan program, I got the message, "Failed to scan Unable to start scan." From the gscan2pdf v1.2.3, I got the message, "Out of Memory." Since I was getting the same errors, I ran the "SANE_DEBUG_EPJITSU=5 scanimage -L" command and realized the sane-backends version had not upgraded (still showed "sane-backends 1.0.23"). Since I wasn't sure about how to "install" the new version, I checked Rolf Bensch website which had an installation link, which brought me to the "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" command - which I (foolishly?) ran. Seemingly, this is upgrading the whole distro. The "upgrade" continues as I write (has been running for quite a while). I am not sure what I did. When the upgrade completes (and I come out alive), I will run the version command to see if the sane-backends version also updated (among the seemingly million things). I said "No" to many installation options (have no idea what they meant), but did say "Yes" to installing the new sane-backends version. I will update you on the outcome of the sane-backends version; however, now the question is: what am I updating, do I need it, and is this going to harm my laptop (and me)? On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 7:17 AM, abel deuring <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 23.06.2017 um 13:41 schrieb Crusader: > > Thank you for identifying the problem, Allan. Your finding brings me > > very close to resolving the issue. > > > > My distro (Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64 bit, Cinnamon Version 2.8.8) does > > not have an update to sane-backends version 1.0.27, and as you pointed > > out, compiling is complicated (I tried it). I am open to suggestions. > > Since Mint is based on Ubuntu, Rolf Bensch's PPA can help you: > > https://launchpad.net/~rolfbensch/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release > > It provides the most recent Sane release. Just follow the instructions > "Adding this PPA to your system" from that page and then run > > sudo apt-get upgrade > > Abel > > > > > In the interim, I will take this issue back to the Linux Mint forum and > > see if I can get further help there. > > > > Your support is greatly appreciated! > > > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 8:02 PM, m. allan noah <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Crusader <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > 3. run 'SANE_DEBUG_EPJITSU=5 scanimage -L' and send the output > text to > > > this list- I want to see what version of sane you are running. > > > a@a-UL80VT ~ $ SANE_DEBUG_EPJITSU=5 scanimage -L > > > [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of epjitsu to 5. > > > [epjitsu] sane_init: epjitsu backend 1.0.20, from sane-backends > 1.0.23 > > > [epjitsu] load_fw: firmware already loaded? > > > device `epjitsu:libusb:002:004' is a FUJITSU ScanSnap S1100 scanner > > > > Well, there is your problem, you are running an ancient version of > > sane-backends, which does not support this scanner fully. You will > > need to upgrade to something more recent. 1.0.25 was the first > version > > that supported this scanner, but 1.0.27 would be better, as it > > contains some fixes. You should see if your distro has some kind of > > updated package you could load. If not, you will have to compile from > > source, which is more complicated. > > > > allan > > -- > > "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the > edge > > of my hand" > > > > > > > > > >
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