@Forrest Voight: Awesome write-up. Thanks! On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 3:05 AM Forrest Voight <[email protected]> wrote:
> I looked into this issue at length and posted a write-up here: > http://forre.st/brother_printer > > The gist of it is that setting up a Brother printer with an invalid > model name (e.g. "MFCL5900DW" instead of "MFC-L5900DW") can cause > crashes in some cases (namely simple-scan in photo mode). > > Fix: > > * (optional) Check "/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/brsanenetdevice4.cfg" to > see if the configured device has an invalid model name (by > cross-referencing with the output of "brsaneconfig4 -q") > * Delete /opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/brsanenetdevice4.cfg > * Re-add the scanner with a command similar to "brsaneconfig4 -a > name=MFC-L5900DW model=MFC-L5900DW nodename=BRN3C2AF4738657" > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1769126 > > Title: > SIMPLE-SCAN crashes when set to photo scanning > > Status in simple-scan package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > WHAT I EXPECTED TO HAPPEN > I expected to scan a photo and get it showing in Simple scan alongside > the other pages scanned in text mode. > > WHAT HAPPENS INSTEAD > Simple scan crashes when set to scan images. When scan button is > pressed, the app seems to begin the scanning process, scanner takes the > page (if on the ADF), the app shows as if beginning to scan and then > suddenly disappears with no message shown. > > However if the app is launched again, the app opens immediately > showing all pages scanned up to that moment (in text mode) except for > the newly scanned photo, as if the app was always there and had never > closed. > > When set to scan text, it is ok, but page size is much larger than > actual sheet or flat-bed size (higher, actually, width is ok). > > > OS: Ubuntu 18.04LTS fresh install and updated > Sw centers sais: version 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 > (no other OS on the computer) > Multi-function printer scanner: Brother MFC-J5330DW connected to the > network (didn't try USB) > Computer: HP notebook 15-ay117ns with serial CND70308KK > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/1769126/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1769126 Title: SIMPLE-SCAN crashes when set to photo scanning To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/1769126/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
