[sane-devel] Canoscan FB1200S

Fri May 20 00:46:04 UTC 2011

Hi again and thanks very much for your help
My OS is Ubuntu 10.10

On 19/05/11 23:17, m. allan noah wrote:
> Stop logging into Xwindows as root.
>
> instead, login as yourself, open a terminal, and run this:
>
> su -
>
> It will ask for root password. if you give it correctly, you now have
> a shell open as root. in that shell, run this:
>
> chown chris. /dev/sg0
>
> (this assumes that 'chris' is your login.) Note the '.' after chris.
> This changes the owner and group. Now exit the root shell:
>
> exit
>
> and exit the 'chris' shell if you don't need it any more.
>
> exit
>
> However, all of this is a stop-gap for actually fixing the problem.
> Your system should be capable of managing these permissions
> automatically. What OS is this?
>
> allan
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>  wrote:
>> What am I doing wrong :(
>> I'm loging on as root user
>> Places/home the I keep clicking back to get the DEV folder I find sg0 which
>> is my scanner I click on properties. I have changed both owener and group to
>> chris restarted the computer
>> Login as chris and the owner and group are back to root
>> WHY
>> What am I doing wrong
>> why will they not sat as chris
>> PS. when I am root user my scanner works but I don't wish to boot as root
>> every time I wish to scan something
>>
>>
>> On 12/05/11 22:37, Chris wrote:
>>>
>>> Can you tell me what I do next
>>> Chris
>>> On 10/05/11 20:22, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The scanner works as root, but not as a regular user. So we need to
>>>> adjust the permissions of the device.
>>>>
>>>> The mechanism to do this differs somewhat between linux distros.
>>>> Generally, we will be editing udev (/etc/udev/rules.d) or hal
>>>> (/usr/share/hal/fdi/) rules. Or, perhaps some other mechanism. :(
>>>>
>>>> allan
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:36 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> sudo scanimage -L
>>>>> device `canon:/dev/sg0' is a CANON IX-12015E flatbed scanner
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/05/11 01:16, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> run the following, as root:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> scanimage -L
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if your scanner is not listed, run the following as root:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SANE_DEBUG_CANON=255 scanimage -L 2>canon.log
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This will produce a 'canon.log' file in the current directory. Please
>>>>>> send that file to the list, compressed if it is larger than 100 KB.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> allan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>  wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have changed the continence of the file and still can't get the
>>>>>>> printer
>>>>>>> working any more help please
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 04/05/11 23:00, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> All system files are owned by root. use sudo, or switch to root
>>>>>>>> account.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> allan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks Allan
>>>>>>>>> Can I ask how I edit the file I get access denied
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 04/05/11 22:28, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Erase all that stuff, and put this instead:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> scsi CANON IX
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> allan
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> hi Allan
>>>>>>>>>>> the contents of canon.conf
>>>>>>>>>>> #canon.conf
>>>>>>>>>>> /dev/scanner
>>>>>>>>>>> #/dev/sg0
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 04/05/11 20:50, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> what are the contents of /etc/sane.d/canon.conf?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> allan
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Trying to get my scanner working but not sure where to go
>>>>>>>>>>>>> next
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> chris at chris-desktop:~$ sudo scanimage -L
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [sudo] password for chris:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something
>>>>>>>>>>>>> different,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected
>>>>>>>>>>>>> by the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> documentation
>>>>>>>>>>>>> which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
>>>>>>>>>>>>> chris at chris-desktop:~$ ^C
>>>>>>>>>>>>> chris at chris-desktop:~$ sane-find-scanner
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # result is different from what you expected, first make sure
>>>>>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> found SCSI scanner "CANON IX-12015E 1.07" at /dev/sg0
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # Your SCSI scanner was detected. It may or may not be
>>>>>>>>>>>>> supported by
>>>>>>>>>>>>> SANE.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Try
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>>>>>>>> sure
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host
>>>>>>>>>>>>> controller and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>>> setup
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # Not checking for parallel port scanners.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other
>>>>>>>>>>>>> proprietary
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # can't be detected by this program.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Once
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access
>>>>>>>>>>>>> permissions
>>>>>>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>>>>>> # necessary.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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