Scanner no longer works with my AMD PC

[David Fletcher]

On Sat, 2016-08-20 at 08:10 -0400, Adam McClure wrote:
> On 08/19/2016 01:20 PM, David Fletcher wrote:
> > 
> > Yes I know that I first posted this thread several months ago, but
> > I
> > now have not exactly a solution, but a workaround, which has
> > allowed me
> > to use my scanner again.
> > 
> > My conclusion that somebody has screwed up the SANE drivers for
> > non-
> > Intel USB hardware, stands, i.e. I still cannot run the scanner
> > when
> > plugged into my AMD desktop computer.
> > 
> > My workaround is to instead plug my scanner into my server, which
> > has
> > an Atom chip. Doing a little Google searching, I found some how-tos
> > detailing how to set up networked scanning. It wasn't difficult to
> > do.
> > I can now scan, exactly as I did before, using my AMD desktop or,
> > should I choose, my little 10" Toshiba netbook via the WiFi.
> > 
> > Maybe somebody else has a scanner which no longer works with an AMD
> > computer? Could something cheaper than my server get it working
> > again?
> > It would be interesting to know.
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > 
> What version of Ubuntu do you have and what's the model of the
> scanner
> you're trying to use?

My desktop is running the Ubuntu based Mint 17 MATE, because I hated
what was done to the Ubuntu desktop, and the server is running Ubuntu
Server 14.04. The scanner is the Epson Perfection 2450 Photo.