Robin Sheat, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases your version of Ubuntu 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: Fix Committed => 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/72506 Title: Epson CX5900 scanner/printer scanner part not detected Status in sane-backends package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: The CX5900 when plugged in doesn't get the permissions appropriate to a scanner. The fix is to add this to /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules: # Epson CX-5900 SYSFS{idVendor}=="04b8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="082e", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/72506/+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