[SOLVED] Hardy - libsane.rules OK - not!

[2CV67]

Dear kind experts...

I am trying to reinstall my Epson V200 scanner in Hardy (it was OK in Gutsy...).
I am blindly following (again) the instructions I found for Dapper, which worked fine in Gutsy:http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#I..._Photo_example

When I get to the bit about checking in 45-libsane.rules for my scanner, I find 45-libsane.rules no longer exists.
Nor anything obviously like it in etc/udev/rules.d

A lot of Googling did not produce anything I could use.

Can some kind expert please tell me how to proceed from there?

Thanks!

[forger]

could you try installing the following, execute the commands in Applications > Accessories > Terminal:

sudo apt-get install libsane sane sane-utils libsane-extras xsane

reboot the machine and try again.

If it doesn't work, try reinstalling:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libsane sane sane-utils libsane-extras xsane

reboot and then try once more

[2CV67]

Thanks for your rapid response!

Trying GUI methods, I looked in Synaptic & found I already had:
libsane
xsane
sane-utils

I added by Synaptic
sane
libsane-extras

After reboot, I now have a file 025_libsane-extras.rules but still no libsane.rules

(Note that several sources have said I need to REMOVE libsane-extras before installing my deb packages for this scanner...)

I then ran your command for re-installing, using Terminal & copy/pasting

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libsane sane sane-utils libsane-extras xsane

After reboot - no change...

I tried searching file system for "libsane.rules" but found nothing.

[forger]

I think you have to add yourself to the group scanner and add the driver for it.

Let's see, do this command:

cat /etc/group | grep scanner

1)
- If you see your username continue go to (2)
- If you don't see your username in that line, try this:

sudo adduser $USER scanner

log out and log in again
- Once you're done go to (2)

2) Go root:

sudo -s

Add the printer driver for epson v200:

echo 'epkowa' >> /etc/sane.d/dll.conf

Exit root:

exit

Then do:

sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart

log out and log in again

lsusb
sane-find-scanner
scanimage -L

Now try scan something, reply with the output of the commands if it doesn't work

[2CV67]

Thanks, Forger, for that reply, and sorry for the delay in responding.

I used GUI to add myself to scanners group & logged out/in.
I hope that corresponds to your item 1.

I then went exactly (copy/paste) through your remaining instructions & after another log out/in, ran

lsusb
sane-find-scanner
scanimage -L

After that, I went to XSane Image Scanner, but only got "no devices available".

Here is the output from the last commands:

chris@DESKTOP:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 04b8:012e Seiko Epson Corp.
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 045e:0029 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Optical
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1019:0c55 Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) USB Flash Reader, Desknote UCR-61S2B
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
chris@DESKTOP:~$ 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=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x012e [EPSON Scanner]) at libusb:004:005
# 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.
chris@DESKTOP:~$ scanimage -L

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
chris@DESKTOP:~$

The lsusb & sane-find-scanner commands found the scanner OK

Bus 004 Device 005: ID 04b8:012e Seiko Epson Corp.

But after that...

So far, I have not installed the drivers I downloaded from Epson Japan (should I ??) & I still don't have a libsane.rules file (should I ??).

Pretty obviously, I don't at all understand what I am doing here - just following instructions.

Thanks for any further instructions!

[2CV67]

Nobody?

[2CV67]

I gave up on that & followed guidelines from robc02 which worked just fine.

see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=892351

[badfish69]

Still tells me

Failed to open device 'Brother2:bus2;dev1':
Error device I/O