Comment 458 for bug 85488

I have the same problem on my Hardy (2.6.27-7-generic). My scanner (UMAX, forgot the type) at home works perfectly without any hassles of scanning any document.

But I'm now outside my hometown and I have to scan some pictures for my homework. Here, there is an EPSON Perfection 660. Because no drivers released for Windows Vista for this model, I have been trying to use my hardy.

I just plugged it into one of my USB socket in my laptop. At first, it was unable to access the scanner at all so I installed the firmware file to "/usr/share/sane/snapscan" and input the firmware file location to the config file in "/etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf".

Then I opened Xsane. It worked fine in a few seconds when I tried to scan a book cover in Xsane, and in several seconds, Xsane was no longer able to access my scanner. I restarted Xsane but now It didn't even able to contact my scanner. Then I restarted my computer for several times and it didn't work at all.

So, I googled around and tried to install scanbuttond: No luck. Using other programs didn't give me any outcome to be able to access my scanner. I have also tried to use the command-line method "scanimage" and it produces the same error as in Xsane.

Please help me as I have to finish my work during next two weeks.