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

[Amedee Van Gasse]

On Thu, July 26, 2012 03:37, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 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.

I have an even better idea: open a bug report on Launchpad, write your
observations and your workaround, and attach your file there. That way it
will get fixed in a next release of Ubuntu so EVERYONE can benefit.

One would say that it's even your moral obligation to file a bug report.
Ubuntu has given you so much, isn't it time to give something back? ;-)