Canon FB636U scanner not working

[Tony Arnold]

I'm rather curious as to why I've not had a response to this query. Am I
just expecting too much?

I realise that a response is never guaranteed on a mailing list, but
even someone telling me I'm a complete idiot for daring to ask the
question would be something.

Or maybe I didn't ask the question in the right way. If so someone
please tell me what I need to do to pose better questions.

I only ask because it's not the first time I've asked a question and go
no response.

Regards,
Tony (puzzled).

On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 15:30 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
> I have a Canon FB636U scanner connect to a USB port on my Dapper system
> and I cannot get it to work.
> 
> lsusb shows it there:
> 
> Bus 002 Device 008: ID 04a9:2204 Canon, Inc. CanoScan FB630U
> 
> Immediately after plugging it in, sane-find-scanner returns:
> 
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9, product=0x2204) at libusb:002:008
> 
> and scanimage -L shows:
> 
> device `canon630u:libusb:002:009' is a CANON Canoscan FB630U flatbed
> scanner
> 
> But then attempting to run scanimage gives:
> 
> scanimage: sane_start: Device busy
> 
> Then scanimage -L tells me there are no scan devices and I have to
> unplug the device and plug it back in.
> 
> Anybody had experience with this scanner and got it to work, and if so
> any tips? Or is my hardware broken?
> 
> Regards,
> Tony.
> -- 
> Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester,
> IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL.
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> 
> 
-- 
Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester,
IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL.
T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039
E: tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk, H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold