[MacPorts] #23795: GIMP xsane plugin does not recognize scanners

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#23795: GIMP xsane plugin does not recognize scanners
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 Reporter:  peter@…            |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect             |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal             |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports              |     Version:  1.8.2                                
 Keywords:                     |        Port:  sane-backends xsane                  
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Comment(by peter@…):

 Replying to [comment:2 macsforever2000@…]:
 > Did you update from Mac OS X 10.5 to Mac OS X 10.6 with Macports
 installed? Did you follow the [wiki:Migration migration instructions]?

 Yes. It is not that the xsane plugin would not run, it only does not
 recognize my scanner. I had that problem with gimp and xsane right from
 the start after I installed it for the first time in 2007. I just looked
 into time machine, the last copy of the xsane source directory dates from
 september 2008.

 More precisely, with the standard ports installation, sane-find-scanner
 tells me it has found it, but scanimage -L tells me there is no scanner:

 {{{
 Caribe[533]> 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.

 found USB scanner (vendor=0x07b3 [Plustek Inc.], product=0x0015 [USB
 SCANNER], chip=LM9832/3) at libusb:253:007
   # 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.

   # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you
   # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
   # necessary.
 Caribe[534]> scanimage -L

 No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
 check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
 sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
 which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).

 )))


 After building sane-backend and xsane from sources, everything works fine:

 {{{
 Caribe[577]> /usr/local/bin/scanimage -L
 device `plustek:libusb:006:007-07b3-0015-00-00' is a Plustek OpticPro U24
 flatbed scanner

 }}}

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