[sane-devel] HP scanjet 4100C scans as root but normal user can't even find it.

tim_burch tim_burch at sbcglobal.net
Sat Mar 7 01:52:42 UTC 2009




melodie wrote:
> 
> 
>> (Under /etc/udev/rules.d, there are a few files among which one is
>> dedicated to scanners).
> 
> there's only two files, the rest are symbolic links and none, by name,
> refer to a scanner.
> 
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  690 2009-02-14 19:33 z25_persistent-cd.rules
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  329 2009-02-14 19:33 z25_persistent-net.rules
> 
> I can post the whole listing if you want.
> 
>> 
>> Howdy:
>> 
>> At one time I had this scanner working fine but now that I've hooked it
>> back up to this computer, I can only scan as root. Xsane doesn't even
>> find the scanner as a regular user. I have added my user name to scanner
>> in /etc/group
>> which didn't make any difference. Not sure what to try next.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Did you make sure to have MODE="0666" in the related line in the udev rule
> applying to your scanner ?
> 
> (Under /etc/udev/rules.d, there are a few files among which one is
> dedicated to scanners).
> 
> Mélodie
> 
> 
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