xsane problem

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Hi all,

I use OpenSuse 11.1 and have an Agfa Snapscan e42 scanner. Until last week it worked fine under openSuse and I really love the xsane program.
But then suddenly : it seems to be impossible to get the scanner working any more; I always get the following messages three times:

Error during CMS conversion
Could not open scanner ICM profile

and then xsane 0.995 opens but I can’t get the scanner doing anything.

Under Windows XP however, my scanner works as usual.

Could anyone give me some help, please ? Has a configuration file become corrupt ?

Thank you very much,

W

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Hello,

Have you updated sane/xsane packages recently, perhaps there are problems with the new ones.
Just type in this command in the konsole: rpm -qa --last | less
If you find you have updated those packages recently you could try to revert to the old ones.

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Hi wba

I seem to remember this happening to me a long time ago. From memory, I think I had to disable colour management via the menu Preferences > Enable Color Management (uncheck). See if that helps. As F_Sauce mentioned, did you recently update?

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[ubuntu] Xsane Error - not working - Ubuntu Forums](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=870424)

[ubuntu] how to use a scanner - Ubuntu Forums](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=814272)

scanner hp scanjet 3570c - openSUSE Forums

Somewhat similar to your problem perhaps? And possibly some useful information anyway.

Cheers

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Try removing the scanner from Yast - Hardware - Scanner. Reboot and re-add the scanner. See if that changes things.

Open a terminal window, right after the scanner ‘errors’, and do:


dmesg | tail -20

and post output here.

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Thanks for your fast answer.

No, apparently no recent update of the program has been installed. Last version is Feb 2009.

I do not even know how to re-install xsane.

When using YAST, I get the errors I sent in my first question.

W

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Hello sir,

I did what you asked.

The scanner can make a preview (though not of the complete page).
When I then want to scan, the scanner moves and buzzes, but I get no image that I can save.

It then reproduces the error I already mentioned.

When I execute dmsg
I mostly get :

do_IRQ : 0.107 No irq handler for vector

Thank you,

WB

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Hello again sir,

When I type :

scanimage --list --devices

I get the correct answer :

snapscan:libusb:002:002 is a AGFA SNAPSCAN e42 flatbed scanner

When I type :

scanimage --test

it seems to pass as well.

The apparatus seems to need 5 .ICM files. I do not know how, nor where, to look for them.

W

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Thanks for your answer. No I did not update. And the checking or unchecking does not work either.

W

10

I unchecked it and, lo and behold, my scanner functions as normally as it ever did.

Thank you,

WB

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I unchecked it and, lo and behold, my scanner functions as normally as it ever did.

Looks like you got there in the end. :slight_smile:

AFAIK, with the colour management disabled, the colour transformation will be done by xsane, rather than by an ICM profile for your scanner. (Not a huge deal for most average users). More info on this here:

http://www.xsane.org/doc/sane-xsane-color-management-doc.html

http://www.xsane.org/doc/sane-xsane-setup-color-management-doc.html