epson usb scanner - device busy

[Carrot Cruncher]

thanks for the response. i found the cause to be the epson2 backend. i 
amended the dll.conf file to use the epson backend instead and now the 
scanner is listed via scanimage -L.

i'm now having problems making the scanner available to non root users 
permanently as fc9 appears to have changed from using udev to hal (see 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438827). in fc8 i simply 
amended /etc/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules but this isn't available in fc9.

i can chmod 666 the device file but this doesn't survive a reboot.

Ric Moore wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 09:21 +0100, Carrot Cruncher wrote:
>> hi. just tried to use the scanner in my epson rx425 mfp for the first 
>> time since upgrading (actually a brand new install) to fc9.
>>
>> sane-find-scanner returns the following entries when run as root :
>>
>> found USB scanner (vendor=0x0557, product=0x2008) at libusb:001:004
>> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x080f [USB MFP]) at 
>> libusb:003:004
>>
>> but scanimage -L returns no scanners. if i run scanimage with debugging 
>> enabled i get the following :
>>
>> USB error: could not set config 1: Device or resource busy
>> [sanei_usb] sanei_usb_open: libusb complained: could not set config 1: 
>> Device or resource busy
>> [sanei_usb] Maybe the kernel scanner driver or usblp claims the 
>> interface? Ignoring this error...
>>
>> but i don't know what this means. can anyone help me ?
> 
> This might sound entirely nutz, but I had a problem with my HP
> multi-function as it refused to scan. Drove me crazy, and when I opened
> the lid to remove the document, the scan bar started moving and there
> were a few click-click noises. You know, things that make you go "huh?".
> Darn thing worked like a charm after that. Your mileage may vary, but
> give that a whirl. Just open and close the lid and maybe that will reset
> that busy you're getting. :) Ric
> 
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