HP Scanjet 8390

**d0006** · March 27th, 2013

Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit (fresh install)
HP Scanjet 8390
This scanner is SUPPOSED to be supported by the avision backend.

Scanner is detected by:

Code:

@jg-GA:~$ sane-find-scanner
found USB scanner (vendor=0x07d1, product=0x3c11) at libusb:001:004
found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [hp], product=0x3805 [hp scanjet 8300]) at libusb:001:002

ALSO

Code:

root@jg-GA:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 03f0:3805 Hewlett-Packard

BUT:

Code:

root@jg-GA:~#  scanimage -L
No scanners were identified.

When I ran XSANE, it warned about multiple versions installed. SO, I uninstalled everything I could find labeled SANE and attempted to reinstall. I got an error message:

Code:

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libsane_1.0.23-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/sane.d/fujitsu.conf', which is different from other instances of package libsane:amd64

SO, I deleted this file and tried again. I got another error message about another file in /etc/sane.d/. There were A LOT of foobar.conf files in /etc/sane.d/ SO I "just" deleted /etc/sane.d/ and the reinstall seemed to go O.K. but scanimage still could not find my scanner.

Hmmmm... Check /etc/sane.d/, now the only files present are:
.
├── dll.d
│ └── libsane-extras
└── geniusvp2.conf

Now all the foobar.conf files are in: /usr/local/etc/sane.d/, does this matter?
I also installed the latest backends from git:

Code:

jg@jg-GA:~$ scanimage -V
scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.24git; backend version 1.0.24

This site gives these instructions:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompileSaneFromSource
(I DID NOT compile from source but if I have to I will.)

To make sure that the newest version of sane (in /usr/local/lib/sane) is used

Code:

gksu gedit /etc/ld.so.conf

To use the old version it should read

Code:

include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
include /usr/lib

To use the new version, change it to

Code:

include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
include /usr/local/lib

Then run

Code:

sudo ldconfig

and you should be running the latest sane. NO HELP.

I first added

Code:

usb libusb:001:002

and then tried

Code:

usb libusb:001:004

to avision.conf - no help.

A group named "scanner" exists and I am a member.

I have exhausted my limited Linux skills. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

P.S. Now I have another problem! Running

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