Rescan for devices not working properly
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#219 Rescan for devices not working properly
I have a problem with rescan for new devices.
Sometimes I start gscan2pdf before switching the printer on. (silly, but allas)
Of course gscan2pdf doesnt find a device and comes up empty.
I found the "rescan for devices" entry in the compbox. But it doesn't do anything. There is no
visual activity.
UX-wise It also doesn't make sense. I would expect an OK button to confirm the action in the dropdownbox. Or a better implementation: If the list is empty, and I open the scan dialog again, it goes through the same procedure as on startup to detect scanners.
The problem is in the Perl bindings for SANE, not gscan2pdf. The patch in this bug report fixes things for me:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857627
If you are using ubuntu, then you can use the patched version in the ppa.
I have been asked to rename the Perl bindings for SANE. I am rewriting them at the same time. As soon as it is all working as expected, I'll release them, as well a new version of gscan2pdf to use the new library and then close this bug.
The new Perl bindings for SANE (Image::Sane) fix this. These are used in gscan2pdf v1.8.3, released as soon as I can. Please select the fronted libimage-sane-perl gscan2pdf to use the new bindings.