linux:~ # sane-find-scanner # Note that sane-find-scanner will find any scanner that is connected # to a SCSI bus and some scanners that are connected to the Universal # Serial Bus (USB) depending on your OS. It will even find scanners # that are not supported at all by SANE. It won't find a scanner that # is connected to a parallel or proprietary port. linux:~ # lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted snd-pcm-oss 44928 0 (autoclean) snd-mixer-oss 12728 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] videodev 5600 0 (autoclean) usbserial 18492 0 (autoclean) (unused) parport_pc 25544 1 (autoclean) lp 6656 0 (autoclean) parport 22528 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] snd-seq-midi 4480 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 2920 0 [snd-seq-midi] snd-seq 37776 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event] snd-ens1371 11532 0 snd-pcm 63328 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-ens1371] snd-timer 11524 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd-rawmidi 13920 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-ens1371] snd-seq-device 4140 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq snd-rawmidi] snd-ac97-codec 26628 0 [snd-ens1371] snd 31300 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-midi snd-se q-midi-event snd-seq snd-ens1371 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device sn d-ac97-codec] soundcore 3396 0 [snd] ipv6 138964 -1 (autoclean) st 26924 0 (autoclean) (unused) sr_mod 13432 0 (autoclean) cdrom 26400 0 (autoclean) [sr_mod] sg 27904 0 (autoclean) joydev 5600 0 (unused) evdev 4352 0 (unused) input 3168 0 [joydev evdev] usb-uhci 21612 0 (unused) usbcore 56768 1 [usbserial snd usb-uhci] hisax 470500 4 isdn 123584 6 [hisax] slhc 5040 1 [isdn] isa-pnp 29664 0 [hisax] ipt_REJECT 2712 0 (autoclean) iptable_mangle 2072 0 (autoclean) (unused) iptable_filter 1644 0 (autoclean) ip_nat_ftp 3056 0 (unused) iptable_nat 13688 1 [ip_nat_ftp] ip_conntrack_ftp 3456 0 (unused) ip_conntrack 14140 2 [ip_nat_ftp iptable_nat ip_conntrack_ftp] ip_tables 11576 6 [ipt_REJECT iptable_mangle iptable_filter ipta ble_nat] nls_iso8859-15 3324 1 (autoclean) nls_cp437 4316 1 (autoclean) vfat 9620 1 (autoclean) fat 30584 0 (autoclean) [vfat] lvm-mod 62976 0 (autoclean) ide-scsi 7920 0 reiserfs 179536 1 linux:~ # modprobe scanner linux:~ # sane-find-scanner # Note that sane-find-scanner will find any scanner that is connected # to a SCSI bus and some scanners that are connected to the Universal # Serial Bus (USB) depending on your OS. It will even find scanners # that are not supported at all by SANE. It won't find a scanner that # is connected to a parallel or proprietary port. sane-find-scanner: found USB scanner (vendor = 0x04a9, product = 0x2204) at devi ce /dev/usb/scanner0 sane-find-scanner: found USB scanner (vendor = 0x04a9, product = 0x2204) at devi ce /dev/usbscanner linux:~ # scanimage -L device `canon630u:/dev/usb/scanner0' is a CANON Canoscan FB630U flatbed scanner device `canon630u:/dev/usbscanner' is a CANON Canoscan FB630U flatbed scanner linux:~ # xsanimage bash: xsanimage: command not found linux:~ # xscanimage l