[sane-devel] Non root users

[G. L. `Griz' Inabnit]

Good day,

	I recently aquired a Mustek 6000 III EP Plus parelell port scanner. As root, 
it works wonderfully.

SYS INFO:

Debian UNSTABLE (SID)

libsane        1.0.4-2        API library for scanners
sane           1.0.4-1        Scanner graphical front-ends
xsane          0.70-1         a gtk based X11 frontend for SANE (Scanner A
xbase-clients  4.1.0-2        miscellaneous X clients

Athlon 850 Tbird
1.5 gig ram
Abit KT7A-Raid
Printer port set to EPP in CMOS

/etc/inetd.conf line;
	sane            stream  tcp     nowait  saned.saned     /usr/sbin/saned saned


	I fought with the setup/install of this poor flatbed for hours and hours. 
Trying multiple variations of this-that-and-the-other-thing. Nothing seemed 
to work. But when I did a 'scanimage  --list-devices' as root, sure enough it 
was there (I had su'd to root in an xterm to do this). I could not figure out 
what the complaint was with xsane other than being told that no devices 
existed for use. The scanner was seen, id'd, and said to be working, yet when 
I called xsane as a user (griz), I was told there where no scanning devices.
	Accidently, I started 'xsane' in the xterm that I had su'd to root in. 
PRESTO!! It not only came up and ran (after the bitchbox)!! Also,it beat the 
hell outta the speed it ever had in Windon't (BravoZulu people!!). So, then I 
tried it as a user again. Nothing. (sigh)
	So, onto Google. Do a search for 'xsane mail list'. Bang! There is one! 
Fantastic!! They have an archive. Life IS Good! Search the archive. Find two 
messages, one from Richard (CC: above) 
{http://www.mostang.com/pipermail/sane-devel/2001-July/000079.html} 
and another from jochen 
{http://www.mostang.com/pipermail/sane-devel/2001-July/000082.html} stating 
that the sane.d server would cure the problem.
	Uh, it didn't. :--)  Although I'm not honestly sure I've set it up 
correctly, nor do I know how to assertain if the daemon is actually running.

1.	Which device is this scanner connected to? I do not have anything in /dev
	that screams out "I'm the scanner!" and I don't see anything in
	/var/log/messages (nor dmesg | less).

2.	How can I reconfigure the machine so that regular users have access to the
	scanner, software, use w/o su'ing to root?

3.	Are there any log files for sane/xsane? I do not find anything in /var or
	anywhere else to speak of.

	At this time I'm fairly sure it's a simple permissions issue, but I've yet 
to discover WHICH packages needed corrected or which device I may need access 
to.

	Please keep Richard included on any responces to me, please. As we are 
working on this together. And if there is any other System Info (e.g versions 
of software, hardware info, log files, etc) required,  just let me know and 
it will be included on the next mailing to the list.


Respectfully,


Griz

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