xsane can't see my scanner unless I'm root

Gene Heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Wed Jul 25 20:22:08 UTC 2012


On Wednesday 25 July 2012 16:20:45 Gene Heskett did opine:

> Greets all;
> 
> What can I do to make my scanner, a flatbed on top of an Epson NX515
> printer, available to me as a user?
> 
> I have another scanner, but its like me, very old & very slow & badly
> shaded.  That one xsane can see when I'm just the prime user.
> 
> Is this a udev issue?
> 
Update:  It was.  I borrowed a udev file from a pclos install, restarted 
udev, and its working.

Thanks & sorry for the noise.

Cheers, Gene
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