Ubuntu 12.04 also had those lines in those config files. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to sane-backends in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/312296
Title: NeatReceipts Mobile Scanner NR-030108 Unsupported Out-of-the-Box Status in “sane-backends” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The NeatReceipts Mobile Scanner model NR-030108 is not recognized by XSane/Sane in Ubuntu 8.10. The USB Product ID is not accounted for in /etc/sane.d/gt68xx.conf etc. I took the following steps to enable this device in Ubuntu: Look for matching device: root@ubuntu:~# lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 07b3:0462 Plustek, Inc. Copy firmware from Windows installation to Linux firmware directory C:\Program Files\Common Files\NeatReceipts\Drivers\M12\cism216.fw to /usr/share/sane/gt68xx/cism216.fw Append the following to /etc/sane.d/gt68xx.conf ############################################################################## # Autodetect Plustek ??? and NeatReceipts Mobile Scanner usb 0x07b3 0x0462 #vendor "NeatReceipts" #model "NR-030108" firmware "/usr/share/sane/gt68xx/cism216.fw" override "plustek-opticslim-m12" Confirm that Scanner is known root@ubuntu:~# sane-find-scanner -q found USB scanner (vendor=0x07b3, product=0x0462 [600dpi USB Scanner], chip=GT-6816) at libusb:001:002 root@ubuntu:~# scanimage -L device `gt68xx:libusb:001:002' is a Plustek OpticSlim M12 flatbed scanner Test (as root) scanimage > image.pnm Permissions to Scanner Make sure that your user account is in 'scanners' group ala "grep scanner /etc/group" Create udev rules file: root@ubuntu:~# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/85-neatusb.rules ATTRS{idVendor}=="07b3", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0462", GROUP="scanner", MODE="0664" Permissions should be aligned, for example: root@ubuntu:~# ls -la /dev/bus/usb/001/002 crw-rw-r-- 1 root scanner 189, 8 2008-12-28 19:06 /dev/bus/usb/001/002 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/312296/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp