Re: gphoto2 fails to operate on Debian 12

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Nicolas George wrote:
> Bernard (HE12025-08-05):
...
>> But then, ever since I de-installed and re-installed libgphoto2-6, my old
>> scanner is no longer reckognized !! (EpsonScan V500). I tried to re-install
>> the scanner with no success... I saw comments on the web about this old
>> Epson scanner :  users encounter problems with it on recent Debian
>> distros... therefore most of them have now opted for "VueScan", which works
>> well, but the licence costs $30 a year !
>
> Your problem is almost certainly here:
>
> $ apt-file show libgphoto2-6 | grep udev/rules
> libgphoto2-6: /lib/udev/rules.d/60-libgphoto2-6.rules
>
> Try to hide that file from the system, reload the rules and
> unplug/replug both devices and see if it changes something.

  on my testing system the following exists:

  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7584 Oct 31  2024 60-libgphoto2-6t64.rules


  songbird