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Public bug reported:

Description of the bug

On the initial startup, GIMP initializes plugins, including xsane.
Initializing xsane takes a long time on my system (perhaps, around 20
seconds), and after that the startup completes. However, there is no
option in File->Create menu to create an image from scanner. On
subsequent GIMP restarts, it no longer initializes plugins, including
xsane, but the option is still missing.

Starting xsane on its own works, it hangs for some time (perceptively,
also around 20 seconds) while "scanning for devices", then starts, and
the scanner is working as expected there.

Reproduction

Is the bug reproducible? Yes, always.

Reproduction steps:

0. If you've already started GIMP before, touch /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/xsane/xsane.
1. Start GIMP. See that xsane plugin gets initialized.
2. Go to File->Create menu to see if xsane option is there.

Expected result:

There should be an option to obtain an image from scanner via xsane.

Actual result:

There is no option.

Additional information

My scanner is Canon LiDE 210, connected over USB. xsane 0.999-11ubuntu1

This started happening after upgrading from Kubuntu 21.04 to 21.10. In
21.04, with GIMP 2.10.22 and xsane 0.999-10ubuntu1, the xsane option was
present.

I've also created an upstream bug here:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/7422

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: gimp 2.10.24-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-20.20-lowlatency 5.13.14
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-20-lowlatency x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed Oct 27 02:26:26 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-01 (2370 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
SourcePackage: gimp
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-10-22 (4 days ago)

** Affects: gimp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: xsane (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug impish

** Also affects: xsane (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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  XSane plugin not available in File menu

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