SCSI scanner sound card conflict

Alan Duval amoht at westnet.com.au
Tue Feb 16 22:36:48 UTC 2010


Rashkae wrote:
> Alan Duval wrote:
>
> I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 and had to write 
> "45-scsi-scanner.rules" to /etc/udev/rules.d/ to get xsane to use my HP 
> Scanjet 4P SCSI scanner. However that seems to have caused a conflict 
> with my AudioExcel sound card for I can no longer get system sounds or 
> play music CD's. If I comment out the lines in 45-scsi-scanner.rules I 
> can get sound again.
> I need advice as to how to get the scanner and sound working together.
> To run xsane as root would not be a good idea.
>
> Alan
>
>   
>
> Can you run xsane as root without those lines in your custom rules?
>
>   
Yes! but only in root, as xsane otherwise reports "no devices available"
> Also, my crystal ball is a big foggy today, can you let us know what,
> exactly, you are putting in that file?
>
>   
# permissions for HP Scanjet 4P SCSI scanner
SUBSYSTEM=="scsi_generic",ATTRS{vendor}=="HP",ATTRS{model}==C1130A",
NAME="%k", SYMLINK="scanner%n", MODE="0660"
GROUP="scanner"

Alan




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