Cross posting from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane- backends/+bug/1707352?comments=all
On artful, libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1, in short: the Epson 4490 Photo scanner doesn't work, the Brother MDC-1910W scanner only works as root; both were fully working on zesty. In details: Epson 4490 Photo as user sane-find-scanner detects a bunch of USB devices including the scanner, but has not enough permission scanimage -l no SANE devices found iscan, simple-scan, and xsane do not work Epson 4490 Photo as root sane-find-scanner ok scanimage -l no SANE devices found iscan, simple-scan, and xsane do not work Brother MFC-1910W as user sane-find-scanner detects a bunch of USB devices including the scanner, but has not enough permission scanimage -l no SANE devices found simple-scan and xsane do not work Brother MFC-1910W as root sane-find-scanner ok scanimage -l ok simple-scan ok xsane ok -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728012 Title: Many 3rd party scanner drivers are broken by a sane change To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1728012/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
