Usage of an USB scanner as non root user in F7

[antonio montagnani]

2007/7/23, joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>:
> Hi,
>
> having an USB scanner of type Canon Lide 30.  As root, the usage of this
> scanner with xsane makes no problems, but the usage of xsane as non root
> user says: ne devices found.
>
> Running sane-find-scanner as non root user:
> ============================================
>
>    # 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.
>
>    # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make
> sure that
>    # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
>
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9, product=0x220e, chip=LM983x?) at
> libusb:002:004
>    # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be
> supported by
>    # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
>
>    # 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.
>
> lsusb:
> =====
> lsusb
> Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0dbf:9001 Quik Tech Solutions
> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0ecd:a100 Lite-On IT Corp.
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04a9:220e Canon, Inc. CanoScan N1240U/LiDE 30
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05fe:0011 Chic Technology Corp. Browser Mouse
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>
> Section from /proc/bus/usb/devices:
> ===================================
> T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=01 Dev#=  4 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=0ms
>
> Any non-root-solution?
>
> Regards
>
> Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
> University of Kaiserslautern,Computer Center [RHRK],
> Systems and Operations, High Performance Computing,
> D-67653 Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, Germany
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same here!!!
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b8:010b Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 1240

why are these things happening?? New kernel seems to be a problem not
a solution (wireless broke, no scanner for non-root users!!!): and who
tested it???

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Antonio Montagnani
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