Scanner whoa-s - Finding my HP ScanJet scanner on FC6

[P Jones]

On 1/11/07, Whil Hentzen <linuxnews at hentzenwerke.com> wrote:
> Trouble here in brew city...
>
> FC6 on a TP T30, fully patched and updated.
>
> HP ScanJet 6200C on a USB port that works fine with other devices (like
> a mouse and a camera.) The Linux compatibility list has this on the list.
>
> Scanner has been working fine with other systems for years.
>
> xsane 0.991 can't find the scanner.
>
> So I run sane-find-scanner both as me and as root, and it reports no
> results. Weird. I run lsusb and lo-and-behold...
>
> Bus 001 Device 011: ID..... Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 6200C
>
> Then I run xsane again and voila, there it is! Just posting this in case
> someone else is trying to do the same thing. "Don't know what I did, but
> it works now."
>
> I am happy, cuz it's a darn nifty scanner - big ol' flat bed.
>
> Whil Hentzen
> Milwaukee

Whil;

Do you have to run lsusb every time you boot up to be able to scan?

-P