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Some update over the weekend seems to have broken sane on my system
The error message is
strlst.c:426: avahi_string_list_get_pair: Assertion `l' failed.
I googled the error but could only find a suggestion to remove --enable-avahi and recompile.
Can anyone help?
Linux 3.11.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 5 21:22:51 CEST 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Epson scanner
Avahi daemon running
Groups includes scanner
Thanks
Andrew
Last edited by fdservices (2013-10-08 11:22:04)
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See thread - check you are in "lp" group.
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Yes I am in the lp group and my sane was working up until last weekend with no problems. So I do not think that post is relevant.
Thanks anyway
Andrew
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Well, panic over, I downgraded to the 1.0.23 version of Sane and it worked. I then upgraded again through 1.0.24-1 to 1.0.24-2 and it is all working again.
Don't ask me why, must have been a problem with my upgrade, but there was no error noted.
Andrew
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Well sane broke again today, no idea what is going on. Downgraded to 1.0.23-6 and it is working again.
I will leave it at this package for the moment and see if it breaks again.
Andrew
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This is strange, does no one else have the same problem?
Annoyingly I cannot file a bug report since the bug reporting site, alioth.debian.org, won't let me complete my registration. Anyone know how to file a bug about a bug site?
Andrew
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I had the same problem, with the same error message you reported, after updating sane from 1.0.23-7 to 1.0.24-1 last week. The subsequent update to 1.0.24-2 failed to solve the problem. I'm in a rough patch right now, as far as work is concerned, but when I get my head above water, I'll visit the bug site and try to file a bug report.
In the meantime, however, the "solution" made reference to in the first post works fine for me. Removing the line "--enable avahi" from the package build has worked flawlessly, both when I recompiled sane using abs and when installing sane-git from the AUR. You never mentioned whether you had tried that.
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No, I did not try that, but downgrading has revealed no problems for me.
Sorry/Glad to hear you had the same problem though. Thought it was just me.
Andrew
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I had exactly the same problem. Once I added my user to the scanner group, logged out, logged back in, the issue was resolved!
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Same problem, luckily I haev another un-updated machine on my network from where I can scan.
I had exactly the same problem. Once I added my user to the scanner group, logged out, logged back in, the issue was resolved!
I'm already on the scanner group, but I haven't tested sane for a few days now, so I'll try again, but witouth much hope.
Last edited by mzneverdies (2013-10-15 11:58:44)
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You can downgrade by running
# pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/sane-1.0.23-7-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
or whichever version is in your /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ cache
Andrew
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Spoke too soon. I rebooted the PC and now I am getting the same error again! I had to downgrade sane to 1.0.23-7 for now till a resolution is found.
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Sorry/Glad to hear you had the same problem though. Thought it was just me.
Andrew
Sorry/Glad to oblige
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Good evening.
If it reassures you, I have exactly the same problem since the update sane.
I had to reinstall the previous version.
My scanner is an all in one EPSON XP-750.
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That might be relevant, mine is also an Epson All-in-One DX4400
Andrew
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I posted the error message on the site designers sane.
While waiting for their response, so I'll stay on the old version.
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Same problem here with both Hewlett Packard all-in-one 6500 and Xerox Workcentre 3119.
Downgrading sane has not fixed the problem. Now xsane is starting but both scanners are not recognized.
Last edited by hifi25nl (2013-10-16 21:44:52)
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Did you downgrade to 1.0.23-?
Andrew
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Yes, but same problem.
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That is very odd, HP is usually pretty straightfoward
Have you checked that the printer has been found
$ lsusb
Is the scanner there? what is returned by
$ scanimage -L
Can you check the sane version installed
$ scanimage -V
Andrew
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sorry..moving computer the cable were disconnected...
Version 1.0.23 is working fine!
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Excellent
Andrew
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I had the same issues with a Epson Office BX305FW Plus, the downgrade seems to work for now for XSane, but iscan is still broken, gives an error claiming the scanner gave a timeout.
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Downgrading to 1.0.23 helped. Thanks a lot
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This problem exists for sane-1.0.24-2-x86_64 on an HP 8600. Downgrading to sane-1.0.23-7-x86_64 corrects the problem.
(just weighing in)
-- Splats.
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