[SOLVED] xsane - no devices available

[dc0m]

Hello,

I have HP Photosmart C4280 All-In-One printer/scanner/copier. I emerged xsane in order to be able to do some scanning. Unfortunately, xsane is not detecting my printer/scanner. Device is supported by xsane since I have it working without problems on the other systems. I've read somewhere that it might be permission issue. I added my user to "lp" and "scanner" group, and I tried as a root with no result. By the way, when I plug in my USB cam, xsane picks it up. Here are some things you might want to know.

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tux ~ $  sudo lsusb
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1532:0101 Razer USA, Ltd 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03f0:5c11 Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart C4200 Printer series
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 045e:00db Microsoft Corp. Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 V1.0
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

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gentoo tux # ls -l /dev/bus/usb/001/004 
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 189, 3 Jul  8 13:56 /dev/bus/usb/001/004
gentoo tux # 

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tux ~ $  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=0x03f0 [HP], product=0x5c11 [Photosmart C4200 series]) at libusb:001:004
  # 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.

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 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).

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

[bobspencer123]

do you have hplip installed with the scanner use flag?

[dc0m]

No, I don't. I used the default USE flags which look like this.

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emerge -av hplip

 * IMPORTANT: 5 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
 * Use eselect news to read news items.


These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] net-print/hplip-3.9.12-r1  USE="X hpcups libnotify policykit qt4 -doc -fax -hpijs -minimal -parport -scanner -snmp -static-ppds -udev-acl" 0 kB

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB

I assume I should redo it with scanner flag. I'll go ahead and do it, and report back.

Thanks for your ultra mega fast response.

[dc0m]

Man you are good!!! It worked perfectly.

Thanks a lot man. Cheers!