I'm on Linux Mint 18 which is based on Ubuntu 16.04 and have exactly the same problem. Unfortunately the solutions provided here did not work for me. If I understand correctly, the fix should be:
# sudo systemctl start saned.socket # sudo systemctl enable saned.socket Still simple scan doesn't work and I never see an instance of saned being started. The scanner is found with "scanimage -L" though and it also worked fine with simple scan in earlier versions. So something must still be missing. saned does not start for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577137 Title: saned.service masked and cannot be unmasked To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1577137/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
