Install scanner in Ubuntu

Can you have the device attached and run:

lsusb

what is output?

Sorry I do not understand terminalese. I come from GUI. Thanks anyway
Pepe

You just need to open a terminal, oaste in the command and press ENTER. Is that so hard......

Where you 'come from' is moot here

pepe@pepe-desktop:~$ isusb
No command 'isusb' found, did you mean:
 Command 'lsusb' from package 'usbutils' (main)
isusb: command not found
pepe@pepe-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:00db Microsoft Corp. Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 V1.0
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 15d9:0a41 Dexon
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 04a9:1909 Canon, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 058f:6377 Alcor Micro Corp. Multimedia Card Reader
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0606 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 Hub / D-Link DUB-H4 USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
pepe@pepe-desktop:~$

the entire thing

Pepe,

I have a Canon LiDE 25 that simple-scan doesn't work with either, but xsane works just fine.

It's an option to try, if you can't get simple-scan working.

Best of luck,
George

Try:

gksudo gedit /etc/sane.d/genesys.conf

Add these 2 lines:

# Canon LIDE 100cd
usb 0x04a9 0x1904

Save the file, close gedit then run:

gksudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules

add these 2 lines:

# Canon CanoScan Lide 110
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04a9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1909", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

Save the new file, close gedit and reboot. Does the scanner work?

I will sell a Canon CanoSCan Lide 110 very cheap. Twenty buck will be good enough. It is just too much. thanks everyone.
Pepe

Sorry Pepe -no offer. I've got a LiDE 200. No luck with it either.

That's OK. I cannot reinstall XP in my present Ubuntu (100%) computer. So I have decided to set up my old XP computer. I can use my Pagemaker which is easier than Scribus. Photoshop Elements is about the same as Gimp. Another ten years and those that "know everything" will realize that GUI is it. There are 20 Trillion computers out there using it. But these people still got to "terminal." Makes them feel a little bit more savvy I guess.

I got work to do, let us move on.

Gui isn't "it" (whatever "it" is). Nor is command line. It's simply whatever gets the job done.

actionparsnip

I had a go at using your suggestion substituting the 1905 PID [for the Lide200] in the appropriate places.

I get the xsane no scanner found dialog box (tried sudo as well).

Am I wasting my time and yours by asking?

I can put a new question in if worth pursuing.

Thanks
Ted