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

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 08:37 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Now you get a list of all sorts of packages, releases, etc. with the
> > name "xsane".  This is the tricky part.  The one you want is usually
> > named something like "<pkg> package in Ubuntu".  Click on that.
> 
> I did, was advised no bugs were filed against it.  I closed  the tab.

I'm confused by your experience. When I search for "xsane" I get these
results:

https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=xsane

The first item in the list is the xsane in ubuntu item, clicking it
gives you this page:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xsane

which shows 96 new bugs and 2 open questions.  To the right is a box
titled "Get Involved" and below that are two links, one for "Report a
Bug" and one for "Ask a Question".

Do you not see these?

Also you mentioned you were automatically logged out after 5 minutes; I
went to the page and I was still logged in from a very long time ago.
Maybe there's a preference.