Ok, turned out to be broken cable. I replaced it, here's the output of these commands:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo sane-find-scanner # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. # Also you need support for SCSI Generic (sg) in your operating system. # If using Linux, try "modprobe sg". found USB scanner (vendor=0x05da, product=0x30d4) at libusb:002:002 # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. # Not checking for parallel port scanners. # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports # can't be detected by this program. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo scanimage -L device `sm3840:libusb:002:002' is a Microtek ScanMaker 3840 flatbed scanner [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo scanimage -T scanimage: open of device sm3840:libusb:002:002 failed: Access to resource has been denied [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ id uid=1000(sheep) gid=1000(sheep) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),104(scanner),109(lpadmin),110(admin),1000(sheep) (this last one shouldn't be needed, as I run the commands as root, right?) -- lost support for sm3840 family scanners https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
