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Re: Xsane permissions, run as root

Thanks for all your help,
I've tried changing the permissions on each folder /dev, /bus/ and /usb I've tried changing the read and write permis-
sions, I've tried changing the owner, but I must be missing something. The funny thing is the program worked fine
the last time I used it , (about a month ago) so I don't really know what has changed since then
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September 2nd, 2010 #5

BrockStrongo

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Re: Xsane permissions, run as root

Well, I found a solution to my problem My problem being Xsane would give me the error "failed to start scanner :
invalid argument"
1. sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
remove the # from the line that reads #epson
2. sane-find-scanner
make a not of the line "found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8, product=0x084f) at libusb:002:003" the vendor and
product id's were what I needed
3. sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/epson.conf
replace the line that reads "usb" with "usb 0x04b8 0x084f"
the product and vendor id's will vary depending on what scanner you have
4. sudo /etc/init.d/saned restart
Now when Xsane starts I'm presented with a screen asking me to select the scanner I want. I select Epson PID and
VOILA scanner works.

I don't know if this is the right way to do it, but, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

These directions are almost the same as the ones I found in http://maxolasersquad.blogspot.com/2...armic-910.html
the only difference being the location of the dll.conf and epson.conf files. So many thanks to MAXO
TALLAHASSEE, FL, UNITED STATES
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October 19th, 2010 #6

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Re: Xsane permissions, run as root

Had same problem when upgrading to Maverick... seems an upgrade problem...

Solved as above!