On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 11:31:36AM -0400, Chris Aitken via talk wrote: > Hi. Just joined the group. I can't get scanner (on my hp LaserJet Pro MFP > M26nw) working. It was scanning fine on my ubuntu 14.0-something LTS > machine. However, I got a more powerful computer and had a fresh install of > ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS done. I typed sane in a terminal and got.. > > Command 'sane' not found, did you mean: > > command 'save' from deb atfs (1.4pl6-14) > command 'xsane' from deb xsane (0.999-8ubuntu2) > command 'sage' from deb sagemath-common (9.0-1ubuntu4) > command 'saned' from deb sane-utils (1.0.29-0ubuntu5.2) > > Try: sudo apt install <deb name> > > I tried sudo apt-get install sane and got ... > > [sudo] password for owner: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > sane is already the newest version (1.0.14-15). > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > hplip-data libimagequant0 printer-driver-postscript-hp python3-olefile > python3-pil python3-renderpm python3-reportlab python3-reportlab-accel > Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded. > > So, I tried xsane and got ... > > Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" > > Then an hp wizard offered to install it, then ... > > Failed to open device > 'hpaio:/usb_HP_LaserJet_Pro_MFP_M26nw?serial=CNB6J9P50R': Error during > devioce I/O. > > Printing is working fine.
Is hplip installed? A quick search seems to indicate it supplies the hpaio part that sane wants to talk to. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
