Scanner problem

[Keith Powell]

Søren Hauberg wrote:
> 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
>>
> 

Hello Søren

Thank you for your prompt reply and the welcome.

A good suggestion, but I already am a member of the scanner group. So it 
must be a permissions problem somewhere.

Cheers

Keith