USB scanner

John French cjf at tow.org.uk
Wed Aug 24 10:24:22 UTC 2005


Where can I find some advice on how to manage my Epson 4870 USB scanner?

As a user, I don't seem to have permission to use it, although I am 
listed in the "scanner" group.  I would like to adjust its permissions, 
but I can't identify it in /dev, and I am told udev doesn't deal with 
scanners.

I found the advice to run "mknod /dev/usbscanner c 180 48" in a 
magazine, which did generate /usbscanner, but it's gone again after a 
reboot. What would make it stick?

John French





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