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

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 26 July 2012 08:07:34 Gene Heskett did opine:

> 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.
> 
> You want bug reports filed?  Make it possible to report the bug, and in
> this case, a bug report that includes a fix.
> 
> Cheers, Gene

I am still puzzled.  After having wasted 1.5 hours screwing around on 
launchpad, your mention of ubuntu-bug was finally found while reading on 
the site.  But first a lot of blather about apport, which is command not 
found.  About half a page down is another mention of ubuntu-bug, which does 
exist, but when the choices aren't applicable and you check "other" then it 
complains no package found and exits.  But 'ubuntu-bug sane' actually 
worked.  Now, if someone wants to change that to 'ubuntu-bug udev' it would 
probably be a better fit.

Now, the puzzling part:  Why send folks to waste all that time with 
launchpad, when the data collection and bug filing script is right there on 
their machine & only takes maybe 5 minutes to run including viewing the 
report submitted?

Such useless blather about launchpad is at best, counter-productive, a 
frustration generator and a monumental waste of time for a lot of people.

Plainly, it should be available in the system>administration pulldown.  
Sadly, it is not.

Cheers, Gene
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