Scanner problem

[Søren Hauberg]

Hi and welcome to the list
I'm no expert but perhaps you need to add your user to the 'scanner' 
group? This can be done with the gui tool called something like 'Users 
and groups'.

/Søren

Keith Powell wrote:
> Hello from a newcomer to the list.
> 
> I have recently downloaded Ubuntu and from first impressions it is an 
> excellent distro. Congratulations!
> 
> However, I have one problem with it.
> 
> The installation did not find my Epson 1240U USB scanner. With one 
> exception of about two years ago, it has been found and installed before 
> with other distros.
> 
> I have edited the  /etc/sane.d/epson.conf  file and the scanner works as 
> root but not as a user. I had this problem once before and had to edit 
> the permissions of another file - but I can't remember which file it was.
> 
> Please could someone tell me which file it is?
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Keith
>