Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday 09 March 2016 00:06:42 New Linux wrote:
> Thanks Lisi, but still having the same trouble...
>
> I did this:
>
> 1) To /etc/apt/sources.list I added the line: deb
>    http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie-backports main
>
> 2) Then did:  apt-get update
>
> 3) Then did: apt-get -t jessie-backports install sane libsane libsane-
>    common sane-utils
>
> But when I try to scan, I get the same errors as described previously.
> Am I doing something wrong there?

Perhaps when backports is a regression you have to uninstall the newer 
versions first?  I have only ever back-ported a higher version. What version 
of libsane have you got now?   Or perhaps you have a missing driver.  

Lisi
>
>
>
> ----- Original message -----
> From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 23:01:42 +0000
>
> > Some new information about SANE scanner problem:
> >
> > Debian (scanner not working): libsane 1.0.24 libsane-common 1.0.24
> >
> > Ubuntu (scanner working): libsane 1.0.23 libsane-common 1.0.23
> >
> > To experiment, I used synaptic to remove everything related to SANE on
> > Debian Jessie, and then compiled SANE 1.0.23 from source on it. And
> > then command line SCANNING WORKED - Great!
> >
> > Unfortunately, as soon as I reinstalled either XSane or SimpleScan,
> > synaptic reinstalled SANE 1.0.24 and then nothing worked again.
> >
> > If these questions sound like I don't know what I'm doing, it's
> > because I don't know what I'm doing (amateur Debian user):
> >
> > 1) Is there some way I can install the older SANE 1.0.23 via Synaptic?
> > 2) Alternatively, since SANE 1.0.22 was part of Wheezy - can that be
> >    installed via Synaptic on Jessie?
>
> I wrote half an email before doing the correct Google search. :-(
>
> I see that the Jessie libsane problem has already been solved:
> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libsane&searchon=names&suite=al
>l&section=all
>
> So follow these directions for using Backports, and you will be home and
> dry: http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
>
> I don't know how you use backports in Synaptic. In Aptitude it is the
> same as in apt-get, mutatis mutandis. You could always use apt-get just
> this once!
>
> Lisi
>
> > Original post:
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00241.html