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<br>You're right, I tried adding myself to the group 'scanner' but it didn't help.<br><br>$ ls -l /dev/bus/usb/002/006<br>crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 133 Mar 19 11:29 /dev/bus/usb/002/006<br><br>$ groups<br>brians adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev scanner lpadmin sambashare<br><br>I think Ubuntu uses udev.<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:55:56 -0400<br>> Subject: Re: [sane-devel] CanoScan LiDE 700F<br>> From: xiphmont@gmail.com<br>> To: stef.dev@free.fr<br>> CC: bspisak@hotmail.com; sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org<br>> <br>> > README.linux (in top source directory) has information on how to fix<br>> > this permission problem.<br>> ><br>> > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=sane/sane-backends.git;a=blob_plain;f=README.linux;hb=HEAD<br>> <br>> Except this information is wrong in modern distros. Permissions are<br>> regulated by udevd or systemd depending on the distro. If you follow<br>> the instructions on that page, the permissions change will either be<br>> temporary or overridden.<br>> <br>> Is this a scanner that was just added to the support list? If so, and<br>> if Ubuntu's distro package is also failing to set it up properly, it<br>> may be missing a udev or systemd rule (not sure which Ubuntu uses) to<br>> make the device accessible to the console user.<br>> <br>> Of course, this is all assuming it's the actual problem... or the only one.<br>> <br>> What are the permissions of /dev/bus/usb/002/006? And what are the<br>> user's groups set to?<br>> <br>> Monty<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> This is assumin ghtis is the actul problem<br>> ><br>> > Regards,<br>> > Stef<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org<br>> > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel<br>> > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password"<br>> > to sane-devel-request@lists.alioth.debian.org<br></div> </div></body>
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