Paddy, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases 8.04 is EOL.
If you have an issue in a supported release (ex. 16.04) please file a new report, and feel free to subscribe me to it. ** Changed in: sane-backends (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- 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/297456 Title: Can't install snapscan E25 scanner Status in sane-backends package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I have a thread running in 'installation and upgrades' with the same title as above. Using Ubuntu 8.04, and changed the snapscan.conf file as per instructions in the thread. When I run scanimage -L, it brings up an error message saying invalid argument. Please refer to the thread for all the the info. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Nov 12 22:37:10 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/297456/+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