** Description changed: Binary package hint: xsane I have a Brother MFC 210C. I have just done a fresh install on this machine of Ubuntu 9.10 and scanning no longer works. (Printing works fine) I have installed these packages from the Brother site: cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb brscan2-0.2.4-0.i386.deb When I click Scan in xsane, I get: failed to start scanner: Invalid argument This scanner was working fine in 9.04. - ProblemType: Bug - Architecture: i386 - Date: Sun Nov 8 17:42:33 2009 - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) - Package: xsane 0.996-2ubuntu1 - ProcEnviron: - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic - SourcePackage: xsane - Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686 + ---------------------------- + + SOLUTION: + + 1) Install http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/brscan3-0.2.11-4.i386.deb + from http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_scn.html#brscan3 + + 2) Add the following two lines in /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules, + under line 40 (LABEL="libsane_usb_rules_begin"): + + # Brother scanners + ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes" + + 3) Plug in scanner - no system reboot or udev restart necessary.
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