Completely supported scanner doesn't work

Volker Wysk post at volker-wysk.de
Sat Jan 2 16:13:32 UTC 2021


Am Samstag, den 02.01.2021, 11:09 -0500 schrieb 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.

I've tried it. It's the same.

Bye,
Volker
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