running xsane only possible as root

[Nathan Howell]

On Mon, 2004-27-09 at 17:30 +0200, Hubertus Hiden wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I have a CanoScan N640p attached to the parallel port. Xsane works but I 
> have to start it as root. If I start it as a normal user xsane can't 
> detect the scanner. What I did was to a chmod 666 /dev/lp0 but without 
> any effect.
> Could anybody please give me hint on where to look ?


Info in this bug (https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1485 )
might be applicable.

Nathan