FC2, HP 5200c Scanner
James Wilkinson
james at westexe.demon.co.uk
Tue Sep 21 12:22:12 UTC 2004
Steve & Julie Croteau wrote:
> Greetings!
> FC1 picked up my hp scanner without any trouble at all. With FC2,
> Kooka opens up without any scanning controls/options available. If I
> log out as a user and log back in as root, the controls are there and
> it works just fine. Is this a permission issue and if so, what do I
> tweak? Thank you in advance!!
Phil Schaffner wrote:
> For my Epson USB scanner, the kludge is to unplug/plug it after booting
> and before starting Kooka.
You could also try symlinking /dev/scanner to /proc/bus/usb/00n/00m .
(In my case, n is 1 and m is 3.) Check the output of lsusb: n should be
the Bus number and m the Device number.
Note that these numbers *will* change if you unplug the scanner, or if
you plug it into a different port. Try to get the number as low as
possible and leave it plugged in: you want to get that symlink right
when the system first boots.
Then, when a user logs into the console, the device will be given the
right permissions.
Hope this helps,
James.
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