Re: [tlug] USB connection to scanner lost

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 11:18:18AM +0900, Dave M G wrote:
> TLUG,
> 
> 
> My USB scanner - a Canoscan N1220U - is no longer showing up as an available 
> device when I open Xsane.
> 
I wonder if this is a permissions issue?  I'm not very familiar with
Ubunutu, however on FreeBSD, I would find that xsane found the scanner
if I ran it as root, but not if I ran it as ordinary user.  I fixed that
by working on permissions in /etc/devfs.conf.  (I don't know what Linux
uses, however.)

What happens if you run xsane with sudo?  

The only reason I'm even answering this is because I haven't yet seen
any other responses, so I figure I'll give you something to do while you
wait for someone with a clue to answer.

(So, when you solve it and thank people, you can almost certainly leave
me out--if, by some miracle, running it with sudo works, then you can
include me.)  :)

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