diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3aa9ce73f..2d3e5e85c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-02-14  m. allan noah <kitno455 a t gmail d o t com>
+	* backend/cardscan.c, backend/epjitsu.c, backend/fujitsu.c:
+	sanei_read_config has already cleaned string, fix bug #310597
+
 2008-02-13  Pierre Willenbrock <pierre@pirsoft.dnsalias.org>
 	Patch by Stefan Lucke <stefan@lucke.in-berlin.de>
 	* backend/genesys_gl841.c: Fixes 3 possibilities for infinite
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@
 
 2008-02-10  m. allan noah <kitno455 a t gmail d o t com>
 
-	* configure configure.in: Changed version to 1.0.19-cvs. Enabled
+	* configure, configure.in: Changed version to 1.0.19-cvs. Enabled
 	  compilation warnings.
 	* Makefile.in: Added ChangeLog-1.0.19 to DISTFILES.
 
diff --git a/backend/cardscan.c b/backend/cardscan.c
index 9ac7fe267..9e9cc8895 100644
--- a/backend/cardscan.c
+++ b/backend/cardscan.c
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@
    Section 6 - misc functions
 
    Changes:
-      V 1.0.0, 2007-05-09, MAN
+      V 1.0.0, 2007-05-09, MAN (SANE v1.0.19)
         - initial release
+      V 1.0.1, 2008-02-14, MAN
+	 - sanei_config_read has already cleaned string (#310597)
 
 ##################################################
    DATA FROM TRACE OF WINDOWS DRIVER:
@@ -320,7 +322,6 @@ sane_get_devices (const SANE_Device *** device_list, SANE_Bool local_only)
     struct scanner *dev;
     char line[PATH_MAX];
     const char *lp;
-    size_t len;
     FILE *fp;
     int num_devices=0;
     int i=0;
@@ -337,17 +338,12 @@ sane_get_devices (const SANE_Device *** device_list, SANE_Bool local_only)
   
         while (sanei_config_read (line, PATH_MAX, fp)) {
       
+            lp = line;
+
             /* ignore comments */
-            if (line[0] == '#')
+            if (*lp == '#')
                 continue;
       
-            /* delete newline characters at end */
-            len = strlen (line);
-            if (line[len - 1] == '\n')
-                line[--len] = '\0';
-      
-            lp = sanei_config_skip_whitespace (line);
-      
             /* skip empty lines */
             if (*lp == 0)
                 continue;
diff --git a/backend/epjitsu.c b/backend/epjitsu.c
index 3696ce8ee..4b12c5c62 100644
--- a/backend/epjitsu.c
+++ b/backend/epjitsu.c
@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@
         - fi-60F 300 & 600 dpi support (150 is non-square?)
         - fi-60F gray & binary support
         - fi-60F improved calibration
-      V 1.0.10, 2007-12-19, MAN
+      V 1.0.10, 2007-12-19, MAN (SANE v1.0.19)
         - fix missing function (and memory leak)
+      V 1.0.11 2008-02-14, MAN
+	 - sanei_config_read has already cleaned string (#310597)
+
 
    SANE FLOW DIAGRAM
 
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@
 #include "epjitsu-cmd.h"
 
 #define DEBUG 1
-#define BUILD 10 
+#define BUILD 11 
 
 unsigned char global_firmware_filename[PATH_MAX];
 
@@ -210,7 +213,6 @@ sane_init (SANE_Int * version_code, SANE_Auth_Callback authorize)
     struct scanner *dev;
     char line[PATH_MAX];
     const char *lp;
-    size_t len;
   
     authorize = authorize;        /* get rid of compiler warning */
   
@@ -233,17 +235,12 @@ sane_init (SANE_Int * version_code, SANE_Auth_Callback authorize)
   
         while (sanei_config_read (line, PATH_MAX, fp)) {
       
+            lp = line;
+
             /* ignore comments */
-            if (line[0] == '#')
+            if (*lp == '#')
                 continue;
       
-            /* delete newline characters at end */
-            len = strlen (line);
-            if (line[len - 1] == '\n')
-                line[--len] = '\0';
-      
-            lp = sanei_config_skip_whitespace (line);
-      
             /* skip empty lines */
             if (*lp == 0)
                 continue;
diff --git a/backend/fujitsu.c b/backend/fujitsu.c
index 90bbbda54..4f23b2bc4 100644
--- a/backend/fujitsu.c
+++ b/backend/fujitsu.c
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@
 	 - disable SANE_FRAME_JPEG support until SANE 1.1.0
       V 1.0.55 2007-12-29, MAN (SANE v1.0.19)
 	 - add S500M usb id
+      V 1.0.56 2008-02-14, MAN
+	 - sanei_config_read has already cleaned string (#310597)
 
    SANE FLOW DIAGRAM
 
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@
 #include "fujitsu.h"
 
 #define DEBUG 1
-#define BUILD 55 
+#define BUILD 56 
 
 /* values for SANE_DEBUG_FUJITSU env var:
  - errors           5
@@ -480,7 +482,6 @@ find_scanners ()
   struct fujitsu *dev;
   char line[PATH_MAX];
   const char *lp;
-  size_t len;
   FILE *fp;
   int num_devices=0;
   int i=0;
@@ -498,17 +499,12 @@ find_scanners ()
 
       while (sanei_config_read (line, PATH_MAX, fp)) {
     
+          lp = line;
+    
           /* ignore comments */
-          if (line[0] == '#')
+          if (*lp == '#')
             continue;
     
-          /* delete newline characters at end */
-          len = strlen (line);
-          if (line[len - 1] == '\n')
-            line[--len] = '\0';
-    
-          lp = sanei_config_skip_whitespace (line);
-    
           /* skip empty lines */
           if (*lp == 0)
             continue;