Ubuntu
sane-backends package

  1. Bug #572246
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 572246

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Gotit (sca957) wrote : Re: Simple scan crashes with "buffer overflow detected"

I'm getting the same problem but only when my wireless network connection is active. The scanning GUI pops up for about 1 second and then aborts. If I turn-off wireless then scanning behaves normally using:
simple-scan
xsane
iscan

Also, if I launch a scanning GUI while wireless is down, and then bring my wireless connection up scanning works normally. However, if I close the scanning GUI and try to launch it again the GUI will abort each time until I deactivate my wireless network connection.
Running
-Version-
Kernel : Linux 2.6.32-22-generic (x86_64)
Distribution : Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

While Wireless is active I get:
$simple-scan -d
** (simple-scan:2878): DEBUG: Starting Simple Scan 1.0.2, PID=2878
** (simple-scan:2878): DEBUG: Restoring window to 600x400 pixels
** (simple-scan:2878): DEBUG: sane_init () -> SANE_STATUS_GOOD
** (simple-scan:2878): DEBUG: SANE version 1.0.20
** (simple-scan:2878): DEBUG: Requesting redetection of scan devices
** (simple-scan:2878): DEBUG: Processing request
*** buffer overflow detected ***: simple-scan terminated