Same with 18.04 and Epson V500 with current iScan installed. Worked as installed with 16.04 and with workarounds with 17.10.
stryon@gimli:~$ scanimage -L device `epkowa:interpreter:002:013' is a Epson Perfection V500 flatbed scanner Note: Scanner light turns blinking red. stryon@gimli:~$ sudo lsusb | grep Epson Bus 002 Device 013: ID 04b8:0130 Seiko Epson Corp. GT-X770 [Perfection V500] Copied /usr/lib/sane$/* to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane Commented out epson lines in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf and added epkowa epkowa.conf has usb line enabled. On starting xsane, xsane says "Scanning for devices" then scanner light turns blinking red. "Acquire preview" pops up error window: Failed to start scanner: Invalid argument. Similar results with iscan plugin for Gimp. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728012 Title: Many 3rd party scanner drivers are broken by a sane change To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1728012/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
