sane/xsane on FC2

[Bob Hartung]

Hi all,
  Installed FC2 last night.  Straight forward to a functional PC.  I am 
however trying to get xsane working with gimp.  I have a Canon LiDE30 
USB scanner.

sane-find-scanner reports:
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9, product=0x220e, chip=LM983x?) at 
libusb:002:002

scanimage -L  [as root only] reports:
device `plustek:libusb:002:002' is a Canon N1240U/LiDE30 USB flatbed scanner
device `plustek:libusb:002:002' is a Canon N1240U/LiDE30 USB flatbed scanner
## this may be a permissions error as a regular user can't run scanimage 
-L now
## and find any scanners.

cat  /proc/bus/usb/devices reports:

T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=ff MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=04a9 ProdID=220e Rev= 1.00
S:  Manufacturer=Canon
S:  Product=CanoScan
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=500mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=ff Driver=(none)
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   1 Ivl=16ms
E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=03(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0m

Now from Gimp, I can see the scanner from the file->import link.
Is this thus just a limitation of permisions on scanimage?

TIA

Bob