I'm running Linux Mint 13, based on Ubuntu 12.04.
I have been using my scanner for years but suddenly it is no longer working. I'm not sure if it is a recent update that has broken it, but when I go into xsane (or any software) it says "no devices available".
I tried unplugging the scanner. Changing USB cords. Changing USB ports but it is the same result. I've run some CLI utilities:
Code:
> lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 045e:00b0 Microsoft Corp. Digital Media Pro Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 054: ID 04c5:11a2 Fujitsu, Ltd
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 0bc2:5031 Seagate RSS LLC FreeAgent GoFlex USB 3.0
Bus 004 Device 008: ID 0bc2:ab34 Seagate RSS LLC
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0bda:0161 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Code:
> sane-find-scanner
# sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
# result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
# scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.
# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
# you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04c5, product=0x11a2) at libusb:003:054
found USB scanner (vendor=0x0bda, product=0x0161) at libusb:003:005
# Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
# SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
# Not checking for parallel port scanners.
# Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
# can't be detected by this program.
# You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you
# found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
# necessary.
Code:
> scanimage -L
device `fujitsu:ScanSnap S1500:2938' is a FUJITSU ScanSnap S1500 scanner
It seems as though my system is recognizing the scanner but none of the software works. I normally scan within a VirtualBox machine using Adobe Acrobat Pro. It stopped working in there and I assumed it was a Vbox problem. But, the problem seems to be rooted in my linux machine and that is probably why the vbox is not working any more.
Can someone please help me get this working?
