# yum list installed | grep -y sane ksaneplugin.x86_64 4.10.5-3.el7 @base libksane.x86_64 4.10.5-3.el7 @anaconda libksane-devel.x86_64 4.10.5-3.el7 @anaconda libsane-hpaio.x86_64 3.13.7-6.el7_2.1 @updates sane-backends.x86_64 1.0.24-9.el7 @base sane-backends-devel.x86_64 1.0.24-9.el7 @base sane-backends-doc.noarch 1.0.24-9.el7 @base sane-backends-drivers-cameras.x86_64 sane-backends-drivers-scanners.x86_64 sane-backends-libs.x86_64 1.0.24-9.el7 @anaconda sane-frontends.x86_64 1.0.14-19.el7 @anaconda xsane.x86_64 0.999-9.el7 @base xsane-common.x86_64 0.999-9.el7 @anaconda xsane-gimp.x86_64 0.999-9.el7 @anaconda # 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. could not fetch string descriptor: Pipe error could not fetch string descriptor: Pipe error found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x190f [CanoScan], chip=GL848+) at libusb:001:005 # 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. # xsane -> no devices found (I know xsane shouldn't normally be run from root - this was just to eliminate and libusb permission issues.) I've seen a suggestion that 1.0.26 is required, hence the Fedora suggestion. BTW, I tried a "brute-force" Fedora install, but the dependency hell soon persuaded me of the error of my ways! Thanks for your suggestion, Martin On 20/08/16 23:40, Fred Smith wrote: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 09:17:58PM +0100, J Martin Rushton wrote: >> This scanner is supported according to the SANE page, but doesn't work >> on my up-to-date C7 system (updated 20 minutes ago). The Canon web site >> is as expected - as useful as a chocolate tea pot. >> >> Has anyone managed to get this to run, and if so can you share the >> secret please. >> > on my C7 system: > > # yum list installed | grep -y sane > libsane-hpaio.x86_64 3.13.7-6.el7_2.1 @updates > sane-backends.x86_64 1.0.24-9.el7 @anaconda > sane-backends-drivers-scanners.x86_64 1.0.24-9.el7 @anaconda > sane-backends-libs.x86_64 1.0.24-9.el7 @anaconda > > and my lide 220 works for me. In previous Centos versions, one had to > hack at it because they were shipping old versions of Sane that didn't > have the right incantations done over them. I think that (as one other > poster mentioned) it involved downloading Fedora source RPMs and > building them, or some such. but I had to do none of that for C7. > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20160821/201c2088/attachment-0005.sig>