SDB:Scanner Unavailable After Reboot

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Version: 9.0

Symptom

Your scanner works in SUSE LINUX 9.0 after configuring it by means of YaST. However, the scanner is no longer available when you restart your system.

Cause

The SANE start script (similar to the TWAIN interface in other systems) contains an incorrect path for the program scanimage. Because of this, no scanner device is detected during the boot process and the scanner does not work.

Solution

To avoid this problem, proceed as follows:

1. Open a console (e.g., "xterm").
2. Enter the command "su -" in the console.
3. Enter root's password when prompted to do so. No characters (such as asterisks) are displayed when typing the password.
4. Create a link with the following command:
   ln -s /usr/bin/scanimage /usr/X11R6/bin/scanimage
5. Restart the scanner interface SANE with the command "rcsane restart".
6. Exit the console by pressing the key combination [CTRL]+[D] twice.

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