![]() ![]() (b) Searched for and found u176v046.bin and installed it by creating a directory Snapscan in /usr/share/sane and copying the. (a) Plugged the scanner in and tried to launch it using xSane and got the expected error message "Failed to open device 'snapscan:libusb:001:002': Invalid argument" In fact I abandoned the whole exercise However, today I decided that having purchased the scanner I should try and get it working with LinuxMint. ![]() I didn't go the WindowsXP/Virtualbox way in the end. Is there anyone on the forum who has had a similar problem with a Benq scanner? If so, have you got it working? I have no idea what one must do to fit a firewire card or, indeed, whether that would solve the problem, although it is suggested that it might. I have searched for information on this and the sane bug report page has quite a lot on it, which seems to come down to either remove the module ehci_hcd, which interferes with usb2.0, or fit a firewire card.Īdopting the former suggests that one loses the speed of usb.2.0, and as I have a cordless desktop, external usb hard drive and a usb printer, I am reluctant to take this step. I have no idea what "User defined signal 1" is Scanimage: sane_start: Error during device I/O Scanner warming up - waiting 16 seconds. Going into the command line and typing scanimage, ~ $ scanimage However, that is as far as it goes, because launching xsane returns: Error during device I/O I am re-opening this subject as I have made some progress.Įventually I found u176v046.bin and installed it in /usr/share/sane, did an edit of /etc/sane.d/nf by changing the line starting #firmware to firmware /usr/share/sane/u176v046.bin (thus pointing to the location of the. ![]()
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