Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 100659
sane destroys the Epson 1260 scanner
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:56:01 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030702 Description of problem: It's simple, really: at certain resolutions the sane-backend which ships with Red Hat 9 (1.0.9-5) blows a fuse in the Epson 1260. The above URL shows the problem, and the one below gives a solution if you're good with a soldering kit: http://www.linuxhacker.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:msp:1808:fhgoggfpgjggmbnogdap Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): sane-backends-1.0.9-5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start xsane 2. Scan something at 2400dpi 3. Kaboom Actual Results: Scanner dies horribly. Expected Results: Scanner does not die horribly/a picture Additional info: Although 2400dpi is out of spec, I think mine blew at 1200dpi (can't check it now, can I? :) In any case there are problems even at 800dpi (motor makes strange noises, I did notice that but it didn't fry my scanner). This problem has been solved in sane 1.0.10 or higher, so really the only thing that has to be done is to package the rpms and put them on updates.redhat.com. Although there are workarounds I've chosen "High" severity since this bug actually cost me money!
Since 1.0.8 was the first version to support the scanner at all, these versions are affected and will need updates: Red Hat Linux 8.0 Red Hat Linux 9
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2003-247.html