Hello everyone.
I try to open the simple-scan snap and it does not open. It also causes an overload on my system (Ubuntu 18.04). All other snaps work fine.
I do not know if the developers are aware about this (search did not report any other post), so I decided to create this topic.
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does snap run simple-scan --debug show anything?
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vitor@hp1460:~$ snap run simple-scan --debug
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
Cannot load module /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-ibus.so: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-ibus.so: undefined symbol: ibus_bus_get_service_name
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-ibus.so does not export GTK+ IM module API: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-ibus.so: undefined symbol: ibus_bus_get_service_name
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
cp: ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ and ‘/home/vitor/.config/user-dirs.locale’ are the same file
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@kenvandine This snap is using a patched branch of ubuntu/snapcraft-desktop-helpers which the patch has already merged to the master, would you mind switching it back to use the master branch?
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Same behavior on KDE Neon.
The snap fails to start and for a while it’s causing an overload of the system.
I’ve updated the branch. It’ll rebuild and publish to the candidate channel soon. This was working last time it was built.
I’ve also pushed fixes upstream to build this as a strict snap, which will be more reliable. I’ll work on getting that into the store soon.
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It seems that the upstream repo is located at https://gitlab.gnome.org/Community/Ubuntu/simple-scan, just unintentionally passing by.
That’s our ubuntu fork of it, eventually that’s where the automated builds will happen. In the case of simple-scan, the yaml has been accepted upstream at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan
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Any update about this?
Thanks
I have tried the simple-scan 3.30 snap from the edge channel, but it fails to see my connected scanner.
The Ubuntu package from the repositories works correctly.
$ snap interfaces simple-scan
- simple-scan:hardware-observe
- simple-scan:io-ports-control
- simple-scan:mount-observe
- simple-scan:network-control
- simple-scan:raw-usb
- simple-scan:system-observe
Make sure you have at least connect the raw-usb and hardware-observe interfaces.
I have connected all the interfaces, but still my scanner is not recognized.
snap interfaces simple-scan
Slot Plug
:desktop simple-scan,whalebird
:desktop-legacy keepassxc,simple-scan,whalebird
:gsettings keepassxc,simple-scan,whalebird
:hardware-observe simple-scan
:home keepassxc,simple-scan,whalebird
:io-ports-control simple-scan
:mount-observe simple-scan
:network keepassxc,simple-scan,whalebird
:network-control simple-scan
:raw-usb simple-scan
:system-observe simple-scan
:unity7 keepassxc,simple-scan,whalebird
gnome-3-26-1604:gnome-3-26-1604 simple-scan
gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes simple-scan
gtk-common-themes:icon-themes simple-scan
gtk-common-themes:sound-themes simple-scanI noticed that my Epson scanner that only has a non-free SANE plugin can’t work with the snap in the edge channel(the application will still detect it, but will always gives a fancy popup telling the user to download the driver from the Epson website).
The classic confinement snap’s app command in stable and candidate channel is not correct and will cause the application to crash.
Currently it is:
"$SNAP/bin/desktop-launch" simple-scan
It should be:
"$SNAP/bin/desktop-launch" "$SNAP/usr/bin/simple-scan"
The simple-scan snap ships its own SANE package and its own backends, if your scanner’s driver requires additional installation(i.e. a out-of-tree/non-free backend) it won’t work on this snap.
You may export SANE_DEBUG_DLL=255 to see more diagnostic message from SANE.
Please remove this package from the app store. It is causing a lot of headaches for ordinary Ubuntu users. While it does not work it is necessary to leave it outside the store. So we maintain the quality of the services offered by the snap store application. Thank you.
Same problem with ubuntu 18.04 with snap package. I installed simple scan candidate and works well, except the icon. The icon is missing from app menu and dock
