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

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 25 July 2012 21:26:48 rikona did opine:

> Hello Gene,
> 
> Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 1:22:08 PM, Gene wrote:
> >> Is this a udev issue?
> > 
> > Update: It was. I borrowed a udev file from a pclos install,
> > restarted udev, and its working.
> 
> If you know exactly what part made it work, please post it. Some time
> ago I plugged in a scanner, didn't work, fiddled a bit, than plugged
> it into a Win box - worked fine, so I left it there.
> 
> But - it would be nice to get a bit of info re solved scanner
> problems. I prefer Linux if possible...
> 
> Thanks,

So do I Rikona, but I doubt the server would pass that file if I attached 
it, its like 89 kilobytes.

FWIW, heres an ls -l of that dir.
gene at coyote:/etc/udev/rules.d$ ls -l
total 100
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 85808 2011-07-10 13:31 60-libsane.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   848 2012-06-25 14:47 70-persistent-cd.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   605 2012-06-25 14:25 70-persistent-net.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   101 2010-07-27 21:03 99-rtai.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1157 2010-04-19 05:30 README

It is the 60-libsane.rules that I "borrowed".  Perhaps it needs added to 
the sane package?  I suspect if it was to be added, that would put a stop 
to the barrage of "my scanner doesn't work" mewling by wannabe windows 
escapees?

Tell you what, I'll put a copy on my web page, look in the Genes-os9-stf 
sublink at the address below.  Done, be my guest.

Cheers, Gene
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