Scanning app does not dectect plugged in and powered on scanner.

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb

Thanks

Ummm...I am brand new to Ubuntu. Is that a command line I type into a
window somewhere?
Some more specific instructions are needed here for this newbie.
Thanks

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 1:56 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #156691 on hal in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+question/156691
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Can you give the output of:
>
> lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb
>
> Thanks
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Press CTRL+ALT+T
run the command (It is a lowercase LSUSB)
Press ENTER
Copy the output and paste here as an update

Thanks

scudman@scudman-System-Name:~$ lsb_release-a;uname-a;lsusb
lsb_release-a: command not found
uname-a: command not found
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID eb1a:2761 eMPIA Technology, Inc. EeePC 701 integrated Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
scudman@scudman-System-Name:~$

With appropriate spaces entered:

scudman@scudman-System-Name:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty
Linux scudman-System-Name 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID eb1a:2761 eMPIA Technology, Inc. EeePC 701 integrated Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
scudman@scudman-System-Name:~$

Was the device powered when you ran the command?

dang it. no. should it have been On?

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:25 PM, actionparsnip <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #156691 on hal in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+question/156691
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Was the device powered when you ran the command?
>
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> To answer this request for more information, you can either reply to
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+question/156691
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Yes, so that the OS can see it..

scudman@scudman-System-Name:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty
Linux scudman-System-Name 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04a9:1906 Canon, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID eb1a:2761 eMPIA Technology, Inc. EeePC 701 integrated Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

OK, powered on. It looks like it is there on Bus 001 Device 004
I tried Simple Scan again, but got the message "No Scanner Detected".

04a9:1906 is the ID, we can now use this to find guides

http://old.nabble.com/problem-with-canoscan-5600F-td29245455.html

Looks like a headache to me