OK, it looks like v4l:/dev/video0 is refering to my webcam, so the sane was getting mixed up there. To make a long story short, my scanner is now working! (woot!) Even better, it's working with the standard Ubuntu 9.10 sane and xsane packages ... no source compiles (double woot!). Here is (according to my best memory) what I did to get it to work (don't know how many of the steps were actually necessary).
- uninstall the compiled-from-source sane and xsane using "make uninstall" - install the standard sane and xsane using apt-get - follow these instructions from the Brother site: (from http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/instruction_scn1c.html#u9.10) Ubuntu 9.10*1.* Open "/lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules" file.*2.* Add the following two lines to the end of the device list. (Before the line "# The following rule will disable ..."): The lines to be added--------------------------- # Brother scanners ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes" *3.* Restart the OS.- unplug my webcam from the USB and reboot - install (or reinstall) the 3 Brother packages for my device mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb brscan2-0.2.4-0.i386.deb - plug the webcam back in - reboot Now whenever I run xsane, it offers me a choice of whether to scan from my webcam or my scanner. If I make the correct choice it works. Definitely a solution I can live with! -- failed to start scanner: Invalid argument https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478761 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
