Scanner problem

[Keith Powell]

Hello Chuck and m4ng0

Thank you both for your suggestions.

Chuck Vose wrote:
> Any error messages you can give us? My guess is you need to change the
> perms on the device file or set the program binary to suid root. Let
> me know if you find any errors or if you don't know how or where to
> set permissions.

m4ng0 wrote:
> A suggestion I gave also 'here'
> (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=8779) is to unplug/replug
> the device after the boot process, so hotplug calls
> /etc/hotplug/usb/libusbscanner script, which changes permissions of the
> scanner device in /proc/bus/usb to 660.
> 
> You can also do it without replugging the scanner, but you have to
> manually change the permissions
> to the appropiate device in /proc/bus/usb, or to add some lines in your
> boot scripts.
> 
> To know which file in /proc/bus/usb your scanner is associated to, 
> find the scanner in /proc/bus/usb/devices and read the "T:" line: it
> contains Bus and Dev#. For example
> T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2
> means that the corresponding device is /proc/bus/usb/001/002.
> Alternatively you can use lsusb.



The error message I get is simply "No devices found".

If I unplug the scanner and then replug it, it works; as it does if I
switch it on after I have booted.

Using lsusb I have the lines:

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04b8:010b Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 1240
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

/usr/bin/xsane has me as the owner and scanner as the group. 
/.dev/usb/scanner0 is the same.

I have altered those as I seem to remember that is what I had to do 
before when I had this problem. But I could be wrong!

I am going to work through all your suggestions, and will give another 
shout if I can't sort it.

Many thanks

Keith