Scanners

This information is for LTSP 4.2+ and does not apply to previous versions.

Enable saned on terminal

1. Edit /opt/ltsp-4.2/i386/etc/lts.conf and add XINETD_SERVICES = "saned" to the [default] or relevant terminal section
2. Restart the terminal
3. Run scanimage -L on workstation shell to verify that scanner has been detected

Usage

1. Physically plug the scanner into the terminal using USB or parallel port.
2. Edit /etc/sane.d/net.conf and add the hostname or address of client running saned
3. Use xsane, OpenOffice.org, GIMP, or any other scanner-aware application, as they should now list the scanner.

Troubleshooting

Try this in a terminal window to set the sane network backend to use the current workstation:

SANE_NET_HOSTS=`echo $DISPLAY | cut -d: -f1`
export SANE_NET_HOSTS

-- TimothyLegge - 11 Jul 2006

For more information on this subject see: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ltsp-discuss&m=114605694207297&w=2

LTSP5

For scanning in LTSP5 on Debian Etch, see section "Scanning with LTSP 5 on Debian" on Installing LTSP in Debian .

-- ChrisJRoberts - 23 Jun 2008