Completely supported scanner doesn't work

[Robert Heller]

At Sat, 02 Jan 2021 14:43:13 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi
> 
> I've found a "driver" from Canon for the Lide 300. It's *not* a SANE driver,
> SANE isn't mentioned at all in the web pages. Instead they provide a
> program, scangearmp2, which you're supposed to use seemingly. But this thing
> doesn't work either, even though they say that it supports Lide 300
> scanners.
> 
> It gives this error message:
> 
> "Cannot find available scanners. Cable may be disconnected or scanner my be
> turned off. Check the scanner status and then try again."

Question: does it work if you run the program as root:

sudo scangearmp2

?

If so, you probably need a udev rule for the device to change ownership and/or 
permissions.

> 
> Bye
> Volker
> 

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