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  Sane/XSane on Debian Jessie (Error during device I/O) rmail@sent.com - 2016-03-07 17:00 +0100
    Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie New Linux <rmail@sent.com> - 2016-03-08 21:50 +0100
      Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 00:10 +0100
        Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie New Linux <rmail@sent.com> - 2016-03-09 01:10 +0100
          Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie David <david.g_jones@ntlworld.com> - 2016-03-09 18:00 +0100
          Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 19:00 +0100
      Re: Scanning on Debian Jessie (kodakaio / sane issue) New Linux <rmail@sent.com> - 2016-03-13 16:20 +0100
        Re: Scanning on Debian Jessie (kodakaio / sane issue) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-13 16:40 +0100

#165079 — Sane/XSane on Debian Jessie (Error during device I/O)

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After many hours of troubleshooting/googling, looking for some help:

I'm switching from Ubuntu to Debian Jessie, and am having problems
scanning via Sane. Oddly, I had no trouble with scanning on
Ubuntu/Xubuntu (14.04) with the same computer and same
scanner/printer. Printing is fine on both OS's.. It's just scanning
that won't work on Debian.

When I attempt a scan, I can hear the scanner moving, but then an error
appears before the image shows up on the computer.

I have tried both XSane (version: 0.998) and Simple Scan (3.14.0).

Here are the errors: XSane: Error during read: Error during device I/O.
Simple Scan: "Failed to scan Error communicating with scanner"

It makes no difference whether I run XSane/SimpleScan as "user" or
"root"; The same error occurs in both cases.

I also tried using Sane directly from command line, and this is
what I get:

#root@debianos:/home/me# sane-find-scanner found USB scanner
(vendor=0x040a [Eastman Kodak Company], product=0x4066 [KODAK ESP Office
2170 Series]) at libusb:001:008

#root@debianos:/home/me# scanimage -L device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a
Noname HD WebCam virtual device device `kodakaio:libusb:001:008' is a
Kodak KODAK ESP Office 2170 Series flatbed scanner

#root@debianos:/home/me# scanimage -d kodakaio --format pnm >
outfile.pnm scanimage: sane_read: Error during device I/O

On Debian Jessie I saw these files: /etc/sane.d/kodak.conf
/etc/sane.d/kodakaio.conf So to experiment, I tried replacing them with
the ones from my working Ubuntu. But that didn't help. And "diff" showed
almost no difference anyway.

Again, I have no trouble scanning using Ubuntu on the same
computer/scanner combo, so I'm thinking it should be possible on Debian.


Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

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#165158 — Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie

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Some new information about SANE scanner problem:

Debian (scanner not working): libsane 1.0.24 libsane-common 1.0.24

Ubuntu (scanner working): libsane 1.0.23 libsane-common 1.0.23

To experiment, I used synaptic to remove everything related to SANE on
Debian Jessie, and then compiled SANE 1.0.23 from source on it. And then
command line SCANNING WORKED - Great!

Unfortunately, as soon as I reinstalled either XSane or SimpleScan,
synaptic reinstalled SANE 1.0.24 and then nothing worked again.

If these questions sound like I don't know what I'm doing, it's because
I don't know what I'm doing (amateur Debian user):

1) Is there some way I can install the older SANE 1.0.23 via Synaptic?
2) Alternatively, since SANE 1.0.22 was part of Wheezy - can that be
   installed via Synaptic on Jessie?

Hope someone can help!


Original post:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00241.html

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#165161 — Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie

On Tuesday 08 March 2016 20:46:19 New Linux wrote:
> Some new information about SANE scanner problem:
>
> Debian (scanner not working): libsane 1.0.24 libsane-common 1.0.24
>
> Ubuntu (scanner working): libsane 1.0.23 libsane-common 1.0.23
>
> To experiment, I used synaptic to remove everything related to SANE on
> Debian Jessie, and then compiled SANE 1.0.23 from source on it. And then
> command line SCANNING WORKED - Great!
>
> Unfortunately, as soon as I reinstalled either XSane or SimpleScan,
> synaptic reinstalled SANE 1.0.24 and then nothing worked again.
>
> If these questions sound like I don't know what I'm doing, it's because
> I don't know what I'm doing (amateur Debian user):
>
> 1) Is there some way I can install the older SANE 1.0.23 via Synaptic?
> 2) Alternatively, since SANE 1.0.22 was part of Wheezy - can that be
>    installed via Synaptic on Jessie?

I wrote half an email before doing the correct Google search. :-(

I see that the Jessie libsane problem has already been solved:
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libsane&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

So follow these directions for using Backports, and you will be home and dry:
http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

I don't know how you use backports in Synaptic.  In Aptitude it is the same as 
in apt-get, mutatis mutandis.  You could always use apt-get just this once!

Lisi
>
> Hope someone can help!
>
>
> Original post:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00241.html

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#165163 — Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie

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Thanks Lisi, but still having the same trouble...

I did this:

1) To /etc/apt/sources.list I added the line: deb
   http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie-backports main

2) Then did:  apt-get update

3) Then did: apt-get -t jessie-backports install sane libsane libsane-
   common sane-utils

But when I try to scan, I get the same errors as described previously.
Am I doing something wrong there?



----- Original message -----
From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 23:01:42 +0000


> Some new information about SANE scanner problem:
>
> Debian (scanner not working): libsane 1.0.24 libsane-common 1.0.24
>
> Ubuntu (scanner working): libsane 1.0.23 libsane-common 1.0.23
>
> To experiment, I used synaptic to remove everything related to SANE on
> Debian Jessie, and then compiled SANE 1.0.23 from source on it. And
> then command line SCANNING WORKED - Great!
>
> Unfortunately, as soon as I reinstalled either XSane or SimpleScan,
> synaptic reinstalled SANE 1.0.24 and then nothing worked again.
>
> If these questions sound like I don't know what I'm doing, it's
> because I don't know what I'm doing (amateur Debian user):
>
> 1) Is there some way I can install the older SANE 1.0.23 via Synaptic?
> 2) Alternatively, since SANE 1.0.22 was part of Wheezy - can that be
>    installed via Synaptic on Jessie?

I wrote half an email before doing the correct Google search. :-(

I see that the Jessie libsane problem has already been solved:
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libsane&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

So follow these directions for using Backports, and you will be home and
dry: http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

I don't know how you use backports in Synaptic. In Aptitude it is the
same as in apt-get, mutatis mutandis. You could always use apt-get just
this once!

Lisi
>
> Original post:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00241.html

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#165189 — Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie

I have a similar problem, but with a SCSI scanner.

If I type in a terminal window lsscsi it shows the scanner is there, but
without a location eg /dev/

Sometimes if I type sane-find-scanner it does.

This morning I had to use modprobe sg1 then it worked OK.

David.

On Tue, 2016-03-08 at 16:06 -0800, New Linux wrote:
> Thanks Lisi, but still having the same trouble...
>  
> I did this:
>  
> 1) To /etc/apt/sources.list I added the line:
> deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie-backports main
>  
> 2) Then did:  apt-get update
>  
> 3) Then did:
> apt-get -t jessie-backports install sane libsane libsane-common
> sane-utils
>  
> But when I try to scan, I get the same errors as described previously.
> Am I doing something wrong there?
>  
>  
>  
> ----- Original message -----
> From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 23:01:42 +0000
>   
>  
> > Some new information about SANE scanner problem:
> >
> > Debian (scanner not working): libsane 1.0.24 libsane-common 1.0.24
> >
> > Ubuntu (scanner working): libsane 1.0.23 libsane-common 1.0.23
> >
> > To experiment, I used synaptic to remove everything related to SANE
> on
> > Debian Jessie, and then compiled SANE 1.0.23 from source on it. And
> then
> > command line SCANNING WORKED - Great!
> >
> > Unfortunately, as soon as I reinstalled either XSane or SimpleScan,
> > synaptic reinstalled SANE 1.0.24 and then nothing worked again.
> >
> > If these questions sound like I don't know what I'm doing, it's
> because
> > I don't know what I'm doing (amateur Debian user):
> >
> > 1) Is there some way I can install the older SANE 1.0.23 via
> Synaptic?
> > 2) Alternatively, since SANE 1.0.22 was part of Wheezy - can that be
> > installed via Synaptic on Jessie?
>  
> I wrote half an email before doing the correct Google search. :-(
>  
> I see that the Jessie libsane problem has already been solved:
> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libsane&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all
>  
> So follow these directions for using Backports, and you will be home
> and dry:
> http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
>  
> I don't know how you use backports in Synaptic. In Aptitude it is the
> same as
> in apt-get, mutatis mutandis. You could always use apt-get just this
> once!
>  
> Lisi
> >
> > Original post:
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00241.html
>  
>  

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#165191 — Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie

On Wednesday 09 March 2016 00:06:42 New Linux wrote:
> Thanks Lisi, but still having the same trouble...
>
> I did this:
>
> 1) To /etc/apt/sources.list I added the line: deb
>    http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie-backports main
>
> 2) Then did:  apt-get update
>
> 3) Then did: apt-get -t jessie-backports install sane libsane libsane-
>    common sane-utils
>
> But when I try to scan, I get the same errors as described previously.
> Am I doing something wrong there?

Perhaps when backports is a regression you have to uninstall the newer 
versions first?  I have only ever back-ported a higher version. What version 
of libsane have you got now?   Or perhaps you have a missing driver.  

Lisi
>
>
>
> ----- Original message -----
> From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 23:01:42 +0000
>
> > Some new information about SANE scanner problem:
> >
> > Debian (scanner not working): libsane 1.0.24 libsane-common 1.0.24
> >
> > Ubuntu (scanner working): libsane 1.0.23 libsane-common 1.0.23
> >
> > To experiment, I used synaptic to remove everything related to SANE on
> > Debian Jessie, and then compiled SANE 1.0.23 from source on it. And
> > then command line SCANNING WORKED - Great!
> >
> > Unfortunately, as soon as I reinstalled either XSane or SimpleScan,
> > synaptic reinstalled SANE 1.0.24 and then nothing worked again.
> >
> > If these questions sound like I don't know what I'm doing, it's
> > because I don't know what I'm doing (amateur Debian user):
> >
> > 1) Is there some way I can install the older SANE 1.0.23 via Synaptic?
> > 2) Alternatively, since SANE 1.0.22 was part of Wheezy - can that be
> >    installed via Synaptic on Jessie?
>
> I wrote half an email before doing the correct Google search. :-(
>
> I see that the Jessie libsane problem has already been solved:
> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libsane&searchon=names&suite=al
>l&section=all
>
> So follow these directions for using Backports, and you will be home and
> dry: http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
>
> I don't know how you use backports in Synaptic. In Aptitude it is the
> same as in apt-get, mutatis mutandis. You could always use apt-get just
> this once!
>
> Lisi
>
> > Original post:
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00241.html

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#165331 — Re: Scanning on Debian Jessie (kodakaio / sane issue)

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( Original issue: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00241.html )
 
Unfortunately I was not able to resolve this problem. After a week
of troubleshooting, I've settled on some workarounds, which I'm
posting below.



Giving the limited information I've been able to find, I believe this is
a problem specific to using a Kodak All-In-One (kodakaio) scanner with
sane on Debian Jessie.



As mentioned in my first post, I am able to scan on Ubuntu/Xubuntu/etc
which uses the following packages:

libsane, libsane-common, sane-utils (**All version 1.0.23 on Ubuntu**)



Debian Jessie Stable is currently v1.0.24. I tried installing v1.0.25
from a different Debian repo, but still had the same errors. I then
tried using Debian snapshots to install the Wheezy version (1.0.22).
Unfortunately that version did not have a kodakaio back-end. So version
1.0.23 is the only one that worked for me with kodakaio.



However, any GUI (like xsane/simplescan) that I installed either didn't
recognize the v1.0.23 SANE packages and/or reinstalled the v1.0.24
packages. In my numerous attempts to get a compatible GUI working with
the 1.0.23 packages, I ended up having to reinstall my entire operating
system in order to clean up the mess.



Having spent a week on this, these seem to be the options:

1) Buy a new, non-Kodak, printer (ugh)

2) Scan to an SD card inserted into the kodak (low quality, limited
   functionality)

3) Use a USB/pen-drive version of Ubuntu whenever I need to scan (okay
   for infrequent use)

4) Scan from the command line on Debian Jessie (okay)



If I used the scanner frequently, I'd probably opt for a new scanner.
But since I mostly only need an occasional document scanned, I'm using
the command line option. Anyone interested in that can read below for
instructions.



[Instructions for command line scanning on kodakaio with sane]

1) I first removed the v1.0.24 libsane, libsane-common, and sane-utils
   via Synaptic Package Manager

2) I got v1.0.23 of the sane-backends from:
   https://alioth.debian.org/frs/?group_id=30186

3) Extracted that and then ran the following command in the new
   diretory:

# ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
# BACKENDS=kodakaio

4) Then, I did NOT use "make install" (that's part of what led to having
   to reinstall my OS). Instead, I used Synaptic to install
   "checkinstall" (it makes package available/uninstallable via
   Synaptic). Once installed, close Synaptic and then run this command:

# checkinstall



Here's how I do an 8.5x11 (US Letter size) scan:

# cd /home/user/Documents  (or wherever you want the scan saved)

# scanimage -d kodakaio --mode gray --resolution 300 -x 215.9 -y 279.40
# > MyDocScan.pgm

(for different sizes, note that x/y are in millimeters)



To see other options (for color/resolution/etc), do this command:
# scanimage --help -d 'kodakaio'



Once scanned, you can then adjust the image with GIMP. For a document,
this is what I do in GIMP:

.. Colors -> Brightness/Contrast -> Contrast to 30

.. Image -> Scale Image -> Then choose either 300 or 72 pixel resolution
(72 is blurry), and set to 8.5x11 inches

.. File -> Export -> Select File Type (Portable Doc Format / PDF) ->
Export



This is not ideal, but it works. Again, another (maybe safer) option is
to use Ubuntu on a pen-drive for infrequent scanning. If anyone finds a
way to get the kodaio working on Debian Jessie's current sane/libsane,
please post a followup. I'd much rather use a GUI like xsane or
simplescan.



Original post:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00241.html

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#165333 — Re: Scanning on Debian Jessie (kodakaio / sane issue)

On Sunday 13 March 2016 15:02:45 New Linux wrote:
> However, any GUI (like xsane/simplescan) that I installed either didn't
> recognize the v1.0.23 SANE packages and/or reinstalled the v1.0.24
> packages. In my numerous attempts to get a compatible GUI working with
> the 1.0.23 packages, I ended up having to reinstall my entire operating
> system in order to clean up the mess.

Did you try back-ports?

Lisi

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