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

[Colin Law]

On 26 July 2012 12:35, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 26 July 2012 07:27:39 Steve Flynn did opine:
>
>> On 26 July 2012 12:00, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
>> > Its your call Ubuntu, I've done the dance.
>>
>> ubuntu-bug is your friend.
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
>
> How so?  It leads back to launchpad at Step 1, a difficult to access site,
> and which when I do log into it, is apparently read-only. And it apparently
> logged me out for inactivity in about 5 minutes.  A Real User Friendly
> site.  NOT.

I guess you did not read the ReportingBugs page very carefully.
Sections 4 and 5 tell you how to do it.

Hint: in a terminal type
ubuntu-bug <package_name>
where <package_name> is the app you want to file the bug against.

Not too difficult.

Colin