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29.1.2006

The Canon LIDE 60 and Ubuntu Dapper

Here’s how to get the Canon LIDE 60 scanner working with Ubuntu Dapper:

The device is a Genesys Logic GL646 and GL841 based scanner, so it uses the sane genesys driver. Make sure that the driver is enabled in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf.

Now plug in the scanner and run sane-find-scanner and you will get something like this (if not, maybe you should try running this with sudo):

found USB scanner (vendor=0×04a9, product=0×221c, chip=GL841?) at libusb:004:010

Using these values add an entry for the scanner to /etc/sane.d/genesys.conf:

# Canon LiDE 60
usb 0×04a9 0×221c

To use the device as a non-rootl user, you have to prepare udev by editing the libsane udev rules at /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules (the actual name of the file may differ, remember Dapper is still in development) and add a line using the values from sane-find-scanner:

# Canon Inc.|LIDE 60
SYSFS{idVendor}==”04a9″, SYSFS{idProduct}==”221c”, MODE=”664″, GROUP=”scanner”

now restart udev with

sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart

Fire up xsane and it should work. Please leave a comment if you know why gnome-volume-manager doesn’t start xsane when I plug in the scanner.

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Comment by Andrew Schulman — 8.2.2006 @ 3:40
	Thanks, this was helpful. In libsane.rules, I suggest adding NAME=”bus/usb/005/scanner0″ (or whatever name you like in the last component; e.g. NAME=”bus/usb/005/Canon_LiDE60″ also works), to the line you mentioned. This will provide a persistent device name for this scanner, which helps the scanning applications, e.g. xsane or kooka.

Comment by Ralph — 22.2.2006 @ 2:25

Thank you so much for posting your “how-to make the Canon LIDE 60 work under (K)ubuntu Dapper”. I just installed Dapper (Kubuntu) and the system works great. Except for the tiny little problem that your manual doesn’t work.
genesys is enabled, the genesys.conf contained actually already your proposed entry, edited the 45-libsane.rules, restarted the udev and … nothing. Not the slightes response from the scanner and xsane won’t find the scanner. BTW: sane-find-scanner is still showing:

# Canon Inc.|LIDE 60
SYSFS{idVendor}==”04a9″, SYSFS{idProduct}==”221c”, MODE=”664″, GROUP=”scanner”

If you know what the problem might be, please let me know. That would be greatly appreciated.

Comment by kent — 12.10.2006 @ 3:36

I was having prob. getting a Canon LiDE 60
scanner going on Breezy 5.10 and came across your How to.

I did not see a genesys driver in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf. What does it look like ?

I created a genesys.conf file in
/etc/sane.d/ and added
# Canon LiDE 60 usb 0×04a9 0×221c

looking in the /etc/udev/rules.d/ Directory I only found the following files.

020permissions.rules udev.rules z60alsa-utils.rules
cd-aliases.rules z50run.rules z70hotplugd.rules

My question is which file do you think I should add the line
# Canon Inc.|LIDE 60 SYSFS{idVendor}==”04a9″, SYSFS{idProduct}==”221c”, MODE=”664″, GROUP=”scanner”

any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Kent

Comment by michael — 12.10.2006 @ 7:19

Kent,

dll.conf refernces the driver specific *.conf files in /etc/sane.d/. So you need a genesys.conf with the following:

# Canon LiDE 60
usb 0x04a9 0x221c

and refernce this file with the line:

genesys

in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf.

The udev rule should be added to the file /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules (it should be there, if not, create it) and look like this:

# Canon CanoScan LiDE 60
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="221c", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner"

Best, Michael

Comment by Kent — 18.10.2006 @ 5:48
	Michael I just don’t know how to thank you, after looking at post for days about how to get my Canon LiDE 60 working I had just about given up on having a scanner on Ubuntu. Then I found your URL in a post and said I might as well try one more time. Yes with your wonderful help I now have a scanner working with sane. Thank you – Thank you soooo much. Kent

Comment by Igawk — 19.11.2009 @ 6:55

I have a HP-Scanjet 4850 and plug on ubuntu 9.10.

The message by sane-find-scanner:

found USB scanner (vendor=0×03f0, product=0×1b05, chip=GL841?) at libusb:002:004
# Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by

I’ve done:
1) check genesys is in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf.
2) added lines in genesys.conf:
# Hewlett Packard Scanjet 4850
usb 0×03f0 0×1b05
3) created files /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules with lines:
# Hewlett Packard Scanjet 4850
SYSFS{idVendor}==”03f0″, SYSFS{idProduct}==”1b05”, MODE=”4850″, GROUP=”scanner”
4) restart udev

But, it still not works. xsane can’t find anything.