A first test with Ubuntu 18.04 and my Epson V 300 showed: Things remain
the same as with 17.10. Only after the steps described in post #76 my
scanner began to work.
Btw. the opinion of the sane developers I talked with is rather clear
and easy: those who broke things have to fix them.
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And please don't omit the permissions problem which occurs IMHO with all
iscan, brscan4 and some smfb* based scanners.
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As im in contact with Olaf Meeuwissen (Sane developer and former Epson
developer, responsible for iscan, imagescan, and now utsushi) ...
He told between the lines that he's quite sure that no manufacturer will
correct his packages.
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have a look at comment #94
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Status in
Try another USB -Port, (no USB 3 whenever possible), check USB cables,
check if the file 'iscan' is in 'etc/sane.d/dll.d/
content:
'epkowa'
edit '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'
comment all entries by adding '#' in front of every line
add 'epkowa' (uncommented !)
edit '/etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf'
comment
If
1)'ls /usr/lib/sane/*'
shows:
/usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.la/usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.so.1.0.15
/usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.so.1
then a
2)'sudo ln -sfr /usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane'
is the cure for your scanner hickups ...
If not, you first need to
@ Ken Wright
looks okay so far
finally
output of
'ls /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/libsane-epkowa*'
and
'ls /etc/udev/rules.d/*.rules'
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@ Ken Wright
You know this is not a helpdesk ?
open a terminal and paste
'apt list --installed |grep -e esci -e iscan -e libsane1'
this shows your installed Sane backends (libsane1) and your iscan
installion
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Output(s) seem fine
have you installed
http://support.epson.net/linux/en/iscan.php?model=perfection-v370=1.0.1
ß
I guess so but for beeing sure ...
Also
sane-backends (1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1) artful ?
I ask so much because in comment 21 the epson V-370 is told to be
working. So it
@ Ken Wright
As starting point:
output of
'lsusb'
and
'sudo sane-find-scanner'
'scanimage -L'
please
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Many 3rd
Congratulations, great work Luca. And big relief ...
So I summarize the workarounds as follows (no need to crawl through this
lengthy bug report):
I.Brother:
1. brscan, brscan2, brscan3
a) 'sudo ln -sfr /usr/lib64/libbr* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu'
b) 'sudo ln -sfr
Hi Luca,
can you please remove /etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-libsane-type1.rules
completly ?
and add instead /etc/udev/rules.d/79-udev-brother.rules (see attach)
Don't worry about the 0777 (as long you posess your computer ;-). We can
later try to reduce permissions (but 0666 makes no real
@Luca
Bingo
udevadm test /devices/pci:00/:00:1d.7/usb2/2-4'
shows:
'Invalid rule /etc/udev/rules.d/60-brother-libsane-type1.rules:17:
unknown key 'SYSFS{idVendor}'
So consequently your device is configured as printer-only:
RUN '/lib/udev/tlp-usb-udev %p'
Hi Luca,
In your diff.sane.txt I've found these two entries (problem seems
related to settings of c189:130) :
< openat(AT_FDCWD, "/run/udev/data/c189:130", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 33
< fstat(33, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=670, ...}) = 0
< fstat(33, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=670, ...}) = 0
Sorry
As root also only (no -L)
'strace xsane 2>strace.root.log'
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I have no idea what 'more-magic' xsane uses, as simple magic of root
using scanimage isn't sufficient.
as your diff shows no success, only 'permission denied' the cause of the
failure can't be identified ...
maybe a
'export SANE_DEBUG_DLL=128'
As user
'strace xsane 2>strace.user.log'
As root
@ luca
could you do the following ?
'export SANE_DEBUG_DLL=128'
As user
'strace scanimage -L 2>strace.user.log'
As root
'strace scanimage -L 2>strace.root.log'
Finally
'diff strace.user.log strace.root.log'
And show us the diff ?
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Sorry, I should have asked first: Are you on 32 or 64 bit ?
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@Matt_H
Please install this plugin
https://download2.ebz.epson.net/iscan/plugin/gt-f720/deb/x64/iscan-
gt-f720-bundle-1.0.1.x64.deb.tar.gz
Then continue with #36
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Hi Luca can you try
/etc/udev/rules.d/99-local.rules
SUBSYSTEM!="usb_device", ACTION!="add", GOTO="_end"
# For BROTHER MFC-1910W
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9",
SYMLINK+="scanner-%k",OWNER="root",GROUP="scanner",MODE="0660"
LABEL="_end"
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@luca
What did I tell you
How about a debugging session ;-)
Open your terminal and paste:
'export SANE_DEBUG_DLL=255'
then try sane-find-scanner (with/without sudo)
scanimage -L (with/without sudo)
Xsane (with/without sudo)
also as root
show us the results.
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But be assured that I know Sane since a very long time (have a look at
my sane frontend Tame/2 for OS/2, anybody remebers ? It was the first
and only OS/2 scanning application supporting USB thanks to Maeda
Haruyuki- a japanese developer). I remember debugging sessions with
Osaka
Please use the workaround for Epson Iscan, Brother brscan,brscan2 and
brscan3 Scanners from here
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-
backends/+bug/1728012/comments/36
brscan4 no luck until now
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'I have written to Brother support'
Nothing will happen. As only Ubuntu 17.10 is affected, no other Ubuntu-
Release, no other Linux-Distribution (e.g. Arch-Linux uses libsane
1.0.27 and no extra pecularities are reported) .
Hopefully Ubuntu switches at least for 18.04 LTS back to use non-
As I've found now the origin of '/etc/udev/rules.d/79-udev-epson.rules'
- it was installed by the epson-printer-utility for my Epson XP 540 - I
tried what happens when I switch to a more 'common' udev rule.
I tried (similiar to the rule for brother scanners provided by Hans):
At the moment I see only two possibilities
Try vuescan https://www.hamrick.com/
or try Hans Schwimmbecks 'ugly' workaround
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-
backends/+bug/1707352/comments/35
Debian recently released libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental3 (hope never
dies ;-)
Changelog
@luca.mg
Im sorry to hear that.
BTW. Are you on wayland or xorg. If wayland, have you tried with xorg ?
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@luca.mg
Are you aware of these informations ?
http://stepsilon.com/ubuntu/install-scanner-brother-dcp-7055-ubuntu
"The Brother Linux scanner driver works only with a superuser by
default, as noted on the brother solutions site.
If you want to allow normal users to also use the scanner, this
I have no glue why Epson has chosen '0777', maybe it's because they
upload a firmware to their scanners ...
Actual summary:
1.Brother:
brscan4 no luck until now (btw. the installer already seems to respect
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane)
brscan, brscan2, brscan3
a) 'sudo ln -sfr
Dear Hans could you please test if a more generic solution like the one
provided by Epson would also work for local attached Brother Scanners ?
A possible Example:
# chmod device BROTHER group
ATTRS{manufacturer}=="BROTHER", DRIVERS=="usb", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb",
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9",
In the meanwhile I had a look on different brscan drivers ...
Unfortunately brscan4 has a complete different structure (so at least
one real user is needed)
Summary is now:
1. Brother brscan, brscan2, brscan 3
a) 'sudo ln -sfr /usr/lib64/libbr* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu'
b) 'sudo ln -sfr
Thanks Mariusz. Can you please specify which files are in /usr/lib/sane
(just to make the command below more precise) ?
To summarize we have now the following workarounds (all 64-bit):
1. Brother brscan3
a) 'sudo ln -sfr /usr/lib64/libbrscandec* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu'
b) 'sudo ln -sfr
@ Hans Schwimmbeck
Great, so we have a fix for brother brscan3 scanners too.
Ah yes, linking is definitely a better way than copying (you may forgive
me, my workaround was only a first try).
Now we only need to know if, brscan, brscan2 and brscan4 scanners can be fixed
too by linking
@Michael Barraclough
Is it a fresh install ?
If yes, I'm sorry I'm not familiar with Kubuntu
If no, please consider a fresh installation of Kubuntu 17.10 (too many
things have changed since 16.04)
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Are you on 32 bit ?
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I verified that my Epson V300 works with a fresh Ubuntu 17.10
installation by doing the following steps
1. Install libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1
If you don't want to enable the proposed repository the easiest way is
to download the files and install them from local
A Test here showed:
without 79-udev-epson.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d
only 'sudo scanimage -L works'
with 79-udev-epson.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d
no root needed, a simple 'scanimage -L' is sufficient
maybe for the brscan scanners also only the udev rule is missing
try to add
# Brother
Do you have really copied the content of /usr/lib64/sane/ to
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane ?
Whats with 79-udev-epson.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d ?
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Please try 'sudo scanimage -L'
if scanimage succeeds and finds the scanner check if you have a file
named 79-udev-epson.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d
If yes content:
If no it should have the following content:
# chmod device EPSON group
ATTRS{manufacturer}=="EPSON", DRIVERS=="usb",
X-Org or wayland doens't matter. My scanner works with both (verfied).
Do you have a file named 79-udev-epson.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d ?
Mine has the following content:
# chmod device EPSON group
# ACTION=="add", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="EPSON", DRIVERS=="usb",
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb",
If you don't want to enable the proposed repository the easiest way is
to download the files and install them from local
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/artful/+upload/16734103/+files/libsane1_1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Are on x-org or wayland ? Can you try what happens if you switch to
X-org ?
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Many 3rd party scanner drivers are
Thats interesting. I don't need to be root to scan.
So whats different is the question ? I don't believe it's the different
plugin. Iscan is identical I suppose.
Just for completeness:
apt list --installed |grep -e esci -e iscan -e libsane -e sane-utils
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI
Can you try it as root ?
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ins for sane
BRScan users can you try what happens when you copy the files (libsane-
brother*) from /usr/lib64/sane/ to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane.
Maybe the fix for brother scanners is as easy as the one for the epson
ones ...
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BRScan users can you try what happens when copy the files (libsane-
brother*) from /usr/lib64/sane/ to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane.
Maybe the fix for brother scanners is as easy as the one for the epson
ones ...
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Just for the record
scanimage -L
device `epkowa:interpreter:003:007' is a Epson Perfection V300 flatbed scanner
device `imagescan:esci:networkscan://192.168.50.24:1865' is a Epson XP-540
Iscan, simple-scan, Xsane are working as expected.
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scanimage -L
device `epkowa:interpreter:003:007' is a Epson Perfection V300 flatbed scanner
device `imagescan:esci:networkscan://192.168.50.24:1865' is a Epson XP-540
Iscan, simple-scan, Xsane are working as expected.
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Today I managed to bring back my dead Epson V300 alive :-)
1. Install libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1
2. Install iscan-gt-f720-bundle-1.0.1.x64.deb.tar.gz
3. Copy (or move) the files from /usr/lib/sane (libsane-epkowa.la,
libsane-epkowa.so.1, libsane-epkowa.so.1.0.15 in my case) to
Today I managed to bring back my dead Epson V300 alive :-)
1. Install libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1
2. Install iscan-gt-f720-bundle-1.0.1.x64.deb.tar.gz
3. Copy (or move) the files from /usr/lib/sane (libsane-epkowa.la,
libsane-epkowa.so.1, libsane-epkowa.so.1.0.15 in my case) to
True Epson iscan .deb's can be installed now.
But nevertheless Epson scanners relying on iscan refuse to work (Epson
V300 in my case).
scanimage -L doesn't detect them, neither iscan, simple-scan or xsane.
This is less than half a fix.
BTW. in Ubuntu 17.04 the scanner worked with libsane
I can confirm that the Epson Perfection V300 is also affected
Using libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1 allows me to install the
drivers without conflicts.
But the scanner is not recognized. Neither by scanimage, simple-scan or
iscan
lsusb shows that the scanner is attached
lsusb
Bus 002
Scanning using a HP Officejet Pro 476 attached via network works with
libsane1 (proved with simple-scan)
scanimage -L
device `hpaio:/net/hp_officejet_pro_x476dw_mfp?ip=192.168.200.43=false'
is a Hewlett-Packard hp_officejet_pro_x476dw_mfp all-in-one
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IMHO Things go wrong, but keep in mind 17.10 lives for 9 months, so no
real tragedy. Quite more important is that 18.04 LTS will work out-of-
box.
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In the meanwhile I discovered:
The Epson XP-540 Scanner-part is identical to the Standalone Epson V39
Scanner. For the V39 the plugin-gt-s650 comes in two flavours: As fully
functional imagescan plugin, which doesn't have libsane as dependency
and as non-functional iscan plugin which relys on
Epson XP-540 attached locally also works (tested with simple-scan)
scanimage -L
device `imagescan:esci:networkscan://192.168.50.24:1865' is a Epson XP-540
device
`imagescan:esci:usb:/sys/devices/pci:00/:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.0' is a
EPSON XP-540_Series
It uses the
My Epson XP-540 works.
Curiously with simple-scan and with xsane, but not with Imagescan provided by
Epson.
But thats another problem, image-scan scans but can't save the scanned image
... With Ubuntu 17.04 (using Sane 1.0.25) behaviour of imagescan was identical.
I already reported this
Just for the record. When installing iscan and esci-interpreter-gt-f720
using 'sudo dpkg -i --force-depends', they get installed. But my Epson
V300 is not recognized.
When I start 'scanimage -L' only my Epson XP-540 networkscanner is
found, not my local attached Epson V300
scanimage -L
device
Im sorry but https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-
backends/1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2 doesn't solve the problem.
This is what I get when I want to install my Epson V300 (sorry comments
are in german, but I'm sure you understand what goes wrong: libsane is
missing):
Hinweis: »libsane1«
You may want to know using Linux Libertine O 5.3 OTF or TTF doesn't
solve the distored printing. Also Libreoffice 3.6.0.2 (latest available
for Ubuntu 12.0) doesn't change anything for this bug (or abend, or
issue, as you like)
BTW. Abiword is not affected, documents from there using Linux
I've tested now a document (see attach) with Ubuntu 12.04 and
libreoffice 3.5.4 and linux libertine O 5.1.3 with different printers
HP officejet 6100: OK (inkjet using PCL as language)
HP Officejet 8000 OK (inkjet using PCL as language)
Brother MFC 8640N FAIL (Laser using PS as language)
Kyocera
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+ Could you please take a picture of the offending printout and attach
to this report?
Later this evening I provide a scanned printout. Sorry had to delete my
second example - too much private information ...
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attached is example.odt (same as parkett.odt from #11 but without
privacy informations) which was used for printout.
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Attached is example.png a scan of two printouts (Laser Kyocera FS C5025
versus Ink HP officejet 8000) for direct comparing
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+ I'm interested in how you found this. Could you please explain how you
found that LO uses the graphite engine with the font Linux Libertine O?
It's pure intuition ;-). More serious : after I've found out that
Libertine G (with Graphite) works, Libertine O (without Graphite)
doesn't and LO
I've tested a document now at home with both Ubuntu 12.04 and
libreoffice 3.5.4 (up-do-date with proposed), Ubuntu 12.10 and
libreoffice 3.6.2rc2 (up-to-date with proposed), printer was a HP
Officejet 6100.
In both cases printout using Libertine O (the non graphite version of
the font, installed
Similar happens with libreoffice 3.6.2 rc2.
After quickly opening/closing/opening any Libreoffice application
/writer/calc/impress ... the menuebar is visible (in 3.6.1 it was not, so
situation gets better ;-) but it doens't work, also keyboard shortcut's don't
...
After closing an
example document which shows distortion when printed attached
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** Description changed:
Linux Libertine 5.1.3 and Libreoffice 3.5.x (I've tested 3.5.3 and
3.5.4) don't play well together. On screen everthing looks nice, but on
printout the distances between the letters are
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