I'm trying to get Epson Perfection V39 scanner to work in Arch. It's USB scanner and gets power directly from USB port.% sane-find-scannerfound USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x013d [Epson Perfection V39]) at libusb:001:002Trying scanimage:% scanimage -LNo scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by thesane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentationwhich came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).lsusb:% lsusb -vBus 001 Device 002: ID 04b8:013d Seiko Epson Corp. Device Descriptor:  bLength                18  bDescriptorType         1  bcdUSB               2.00  bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class  bDeviceSubClass       255 Vendor Specific Subclass  bDeviceProtocol       255 Vendor Specific Protocol  bMaxPacketSize0        64  idVendor           0x04b8 Seiko Epson Corp.  idProduct          0x013d   bcdDevice            1.00  iManufacturer           1 EPSON  iProduct                2 Epson Perfection V39  iSerial                 3 *censored*  bNumConfigurations      1  Configuration Descriptor:    bLength                 9    bDescriptorType         2    wTotalLength           32    bNumInterfaces          1    bConfigurationValue     1    iConfiguration          0     bmAttributes         0x80      (Bus Powered)    MaxPower              500mA    Interface Descriptor:      bLength                 9      bDescriptorType         4      bInterfaceNumber        0      bAlternateSetting       0      bNumEndpoints           2      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol      iInterface              0       Endpoint Descriptor:        bLength                 7        bDescriptorType         5        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN        bmAttributes            2          Transfer Type            Bulk          Synch Type               None          Usage Type               Data        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes        bInterval             255      Endpoint Descriptor:        bLength                 7        bDescriptorType         5        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT        bmAttributes            2          Transfer Type            Bulk          Synch Type               None          Usage Type               Data        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes        bInterval             255Device Qualifier (for other device speed):  bLength                10  bDescriptorType         6  bcdUSB               2.00  bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class  bDeviceSubClass       255 Vendor Specific Subclass  bDeviceProtocol       255 Vendor Specific Protocol  bMaxPacketSize0        64  bNumConfigurations      1can't get debug descriptor: Resource temporarily unavailableDevice Status:     0x0000  (Bus Powered)http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=epson&model=perfection+v39&bus=any&v=&p= says: supported by the epkowa backend plus non-free interpreter.There's also .deb and .rpm packages for various other distros but not for Arch here:http://support.epson.net/linux/en/imagescanv3.php?version=1.3.20http://support.epson.net/linux/en/iscan.php?model=gt-s650&version=1.0.1http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/du/02/DriverDownloadInfo.do?LG2=FI&CN2=&DSCMI=58068&DSCCHK=9d9059503419852a5e39de1187b54bbe7b95cea8http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/du/02/DriverDownloadInfo.do?LG2=FI&CN2=&DSCMI=47255&DSCCHK=40572accad406fe06a4d0808e8c615ebe1460de6
Getting Epson Perfection V39 scanner to work in Arch?
arch linux;software installation;scanner
I found that this plugin works https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/iscan-plugin-gt-s650/As root:# pacman -S iscan iscan-dataAs user:% git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/iscan-plugin-gt-s650.git% cd iscan-plugin-gt-s650% makepkgAs root:# pacman -U iscan-plugin-gt-s650-1.1.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz