[wellylug] Xsane no longer recognising scanner

[Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd]

probably a debian package being accidentally uninstalled or failed
during update/installation.

On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 19:51 +1300, Cliff Pratt wrote:
> Um. While it is nice that it is fixed, the question arises, how did it
> happen in the first place? Unless you know how it happened, how can you
> be sure that it won't happen again? It certainly isn't usual for devices
> to 'disappear'.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Cliff
> 
> Colin & Josephine Lewis wrote:
> > Ah, it all now works just like it did before.  Many thanks Daniel and
> > I now know a bit more about how to fix my own problems in the future
> > 
> > Colin
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 17:53 +1300, Centurion Computer Technology
> > (2005) Ltd wrote:
> >> then apt-get install sane-utils and try again.
> >> 
> >> On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 17:16 +1300, Colin & Josephine Lewis wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 16:51 +1300, Centurion Computer Technology
> >>> (2005) Ltd wrote:
> >>>> Colin,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Try opening a root terminal and running scanimage -L and let me
> >>>> know what it says.
> >>>> 
> >>> I get the response "scanimage: command not found"
> >>> 
> >>> Colin
> >>> 
> >>>> On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 16:23 +1300, Colin & Josephine Lewis
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> I have regularly been using xSane to access my Epson stylus
> >>>>> CX3500 multi-function printer's scanning mode with 100%
> >>>>> success.  Today when I went to use it however, I get the
> >>>>> error message "no devices available". This is despite my
> >>>>> printer being switched on and able to used in printer mode.
> >>>>> I looked in the xSane man page, but it does not appear to
> >>>>> offer any options for manually selecting my scanner.  Any
> >>>>> ideas as to what I should be doing next to get this working
> >>>>> again?  This is all running under Debian.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> many thanks
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Colin Lewis
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>> -- Daniel Reurich
> >>>> 
> >>>> Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Limited. Ph: 021 797 722
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >> -- Daniel Reurich
> >> 
> >> Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Limited. Ph: 021 797 722
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
-- 
Daniel Reurich

Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Limited.
Ph: 021 797 722