Xsane Failed to open device
 

I'm running -current along with Eric's latest kde. I don't scan that often, so I have no idea when this problem began, but xsane is failing with this error:

scanimage -L returns:

Google has been no help. I can scan with a program called vuescan, and I haven't tied sane from a commandline. I don't know the proper syntax yet, but I am reading up on it.

I installed Slackware64-current on an empty partition, and ran hp-setup. The printer installed in seconds and works just fine. However, I get the same error when trying to scan with xsane.

Just wondering if anyone else is having this problem.

Have you added your username to lp group? It was changed in the last update

I should have mentioned that, but yes, I am in the group lp. Also scanner.

Its solved - sort of, anyway. I rebuilt the cups package and the hplip package from 13.37. When I click on xsane, it takes a while I reckon for it to find the device. Maybe 40 seconds or so. Then that window disappears and the start screen for xsane appears about 15 seconds later.

It used to be nearly instantaneous. Not sure why its like this, but at least I can scan now, and the printer still works just fine.

Well, poo. I don't need to scan anything at the moment. Now I'll forget and upgrade the darn thing again. :)

Then again, I probably only needed to change the hplip package. I'm thinking just now that the ppd file was probably the culprit - but I'm just guessing now. It works.

This should be fixed in hplip-3.12.9

Thanks for the update Willy. I had just forgot about it since I don't scan that often. I reckon I'll download this tonight and give it a shot. :)

hplip-3.12.9 works just fine for scanning now. Thanks to Patrick and Ken Zalewski. :)

******** HOW TO INSTALL ON A SERVER WITHOUT ANYTHING INSTALLED ON IT JUST SAMBA KERB AND HPLIP, and LDAP **************" no x11


you simply need to install hplip
to get cups


elinks http://localhost:631
then add teh printer over teh Network it will test hp...


then you can print after doing
lpstat -a
lpoptiosn <-- to add the printer


and for sane for scanning
probably scanimage -L will not see it

no matter... you do :
scanimage --device-name "hpaio:... <--- example: hpaio:/net/printer?ip=10.1.1.100" > test.pnm


here it is !

Enjoy







dependencies:
libsane
hplip
and nothing else
and hte backend for hp

Who need X11 !! me not. never installed it on any servers