Re: Epson Perfection 1240U USB scanner device not found

[Gary Dale <garydale@rogers.com>]

On 20/07/12 04:52 AM, Joel Roth wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 04:32:03AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> > On 20/07/12 03:40 AM, Joel Roth wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 05:31:08PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote:
> > > > Hi Debianologists,
> > > >
> > > > This scanner is supposed to be fully supported by SANE.
> > > >
> > > > When I plug it in, dmesg shows:
> > > >
> > > > [460008.108261] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 26 using ehci_hcd
> > > > [460008.202148] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04b8, idProduct=010b
> > > > [460008.202155] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
> > > > [460008.202159] usb 1-1.2: Product: Perfection1240
> > > > [460008.202163] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: EPSON
> > > >
> > > > lsusb returns:
> > > >
> > > > Bus 001 Device 026: ID 04b8:010b Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 1240
> > > >
> > > > But scanimage --list-devices only show my notebook camera.
> > > > The notebook is a Lenovo T410. My kernel is recent 3.2 stock kernel.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas what to try?
> > > Here are all the sane packages I've installed.
> > > I guess that I am missing the correct backend.
> > > Or possibly, udev is not creating the USB device.
> > >
> > > ii  libksane-data                                  4:4.8.4-1                          scanner library (data files)
> > > ii  libsane                                        1.0.22-7.3                         API library for scanners
> > > ii  libsane-common                                 1.0.22-7.3                         API library for scanners -- documentation and support files
> > > ii  libsane-extras                                 1.0.22.2                           API library for scanners -- extra backends
> > > ii  libsane-extras-common                          1.0.22.2                           API library for scanners -- documentation and support files
> > > ii  libsane-hpaio                                  3.12.2-1                           HP SANE backend for multi-function peripherals
> > > ii  libwine-sane                                   1.0.1-3.5                          Windows API implementation - scanner module
> > > ii  sane                                           1.0.14-9                           scanner graphical frontends
> > > ii  sane-utils                                     1.0.22-7.3                         API library for scanners -- utilities
> > > ii  xsane                                          0.998-3+b1                         featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
> > > ii  xsane-common                                   0.998-3                            featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
> > >
> > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Joel
> > Do you know for a fact that the scanner is working? I have USB
> > devices that show up in lsusb that don't work. My Epson scanner just
> > works. It's recognized the minute I turn it on.
> Not for sure. It was a gift from a friend who was moving away.
You can try it on another machine to verify. Epson scanners are normally 
well supported in Linux.