I am using simple-scanner, which relies on sane, and every time I open simple-scanner it searches for a long time until it finds the only existing device, which is my Brother printer MFC-L2710DW
Can I set this printer as the default scanner, or somehow speed up the search?
config:
# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
# your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
imports =
[ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
# <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane_extra_backends/brscan4.nix>
./hardware-configuration.nix
];
hardware.sane.enable = true; # enables support for SANE scanners
hardware.sane.extraBackends = [ pkgs.sane-airscan ];
# Bootloader.
boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
# networking.wireless.enable = true; # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
# Configure network proxy if necessary
# networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
# networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";
# Enable networking
networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
# Set your time zone.
time.timeZone = "Asia/Jerusalem";
#local time
time.hardwareClockInLocalTime = true;
# Select internationalisation properties.
i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
};
# Enable the X11 windowing system.
services.xserver.enable = true;
# Enable the KDE Plasma Desktop Environment.
services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable = true;
# Configure keymap in X11
services.xserver = {
xkb.layout = "us";
xkb.variant = "";
};
# Enable CUPS to print documents.
services.printing.enable = true;
#Brother printer
services.printing.drivers = [
pkgs.brlaser
pkgs.brgenml1lpr
pkgs.brgenml1cupswrapper
];
# Enable sound with pipewire.
sound.enable = true;
hardware.pulseaudio.enable = false;
security.rtkit.enable = true;
services.pipewire = {
enable = true;
alsa.enable = true;
alsa.support32Bit = true;
pulse.enable = true;
# If you want to use JACK applications, uncomment this
#jack.enable = true;
# use the example session manager (no others are packaged yet so this is enabled by default,
# no need to redefine it in your config for now)
#media-session.enable = true;
};
# Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
# services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;
#NTFS
boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "ntfs" ];
#Automount
fileSystems."/run/media/shmuel/Timeshift" = {
device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/701FE3AE54D4CE16";
};
fileSystems."/run/media/shmuel/VM" = {
device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/f8c56958-b308-4a9c-a8e6-f2ba9a148860";
};
fileSystems."/run/media/shmuel/PersonalData" = {
device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/22EC446AEC4439F5";
};
# Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
users.users.shmuel = {
isNormalUser = true;
description = "shmuel";
extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "vboxusers" "scanner" "lp" ];
packages = with pkgs; [
firefox
kate
# thunderbird
];
};
#Shell
users.users.shmuel.shell = pkgs.zsh;
#Automatic updates
system.autoUpgrade.enable = true;
system.autoUpgrade.allowReboot = false;
# Allow unfree packages
nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
# List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
# $ nix search wget
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
# vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
# wget
pkgs.deja-dup
pkgs.ntfs3g
pkgs.google-chrome
pkgs.caffeine-ng
pkgs.audacious
pkgs.timeshift
pkgs.gparted
pkgs.neofetch
pkgs.lolcat
pkgs.conky
pkgs.goldendict-ng
pkgs.losslesscut-bin
pkgs.vlc
pkgs.smplayer
pkgs.libreoffice
pkgs.handbrake
pkgs.media-downloader
pkgs.inxi
pkgs.kio-admin
pkgs.zram-generator
pkgs.xfce.mousepad
pkgs.git
pkgs.konsave
pkgs.simple-scan
];
virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable = true;
virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enableExtensionPack = true;
# Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
# started in user sessions.
# programs.mtr.enable = true;
programs.zsh.enable = true;
# programs.gnupg.agent = {
# enable = true;
# enableSSHSupport = true;
# };
# List services that you want to enable:
services.flatpak.enable = true;
services.avahi.enable = true;
# Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
# services.openssh.enable = true;
# Open ports in the firewall.
# networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
# networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
# Or disable the firewall altogether.
# networking.firewall.enable = false;
# This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
# settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
# on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
# this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
# Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
# (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
system.stateVersion = "23.11"; # Did you read the comment?
}
# Set channel by running this command:
# sudo nix-channel --add https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-unstable
# sudo nix-channel --update
# Configure printer:
# ipp://192.168.150.170:631
# Brother MFC-L2710DW series, using brlaser v6