| Summary: | Skanlite cannot connect to USB scanner unless first initialized by 3rd party app (vuescan) | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] Skanlite | Reporter: | Gregor B. Rosenauer <gregor.rosenauer> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Kåre Särs <kare.sars> |
| Status: | REPORTED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 23.08.1 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Manjaro | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
SUMMARY USB Scanner Epson Perfection 2480 Photo is not recognised unless first initialized by a 3rd party app (VueScan). STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. start Skanlite 2. Scanner is detected and listed in sources dialog 3. select the Epson scanner and press OK OBSERVED RESULT A generic error displayed ("could not connect to scanner" or similar) and you have to quit the app. EXPECTED RESULT preview window should appear. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro KDE Edition KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0 Qt Version: 5.15.10 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION If you initialise the scanner by starting e.g. VueScan (free demo available at https://www.hamrick.com/ and in AUR/pamac as package "vuescan-bin") and THEN start scanlite, it works as expected.