the device is set to be rw for group scanner. Is your user in group scanner?
allan
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Thomas H. George <lists at tomgeorge.info>
wrote:
> I understand this is a well-known problem - I have scoured the
> /usr/share/docs. ?Tried every remedy I could find. ?No success.
>
> System: Debian Squeeze ?Scanner: Epson PERFECTION ? ? ? 2400 Photo
>
> tom at dragon:~$ ls -l /dev/bus/usb/001
> total 0
> crw-rw-r-- ?1 root root ? ?189, 0 Oct ?5 07:45 ?[0m [40;33;01m001 [0m
> crw-rw-r-- ?1 root root ? ?189, 1 Oct ?5 07:45 ?[40;33;01m002 [0m
> crw-rw-r--+ 1 root scanner 189, 4 Oct ?5 12:25 ?[40;33;01m005 [0m
>
> tom at dragon:~$ ls -l /proc/bus/usb
> total 0
>
> tom at dragon:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/xsane
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root tom 640536 Sep ?5 ?2010 /usr/bin/xsane
>
> tom at dragon:~$ scanimage -L
> device `epson2:libusb:001:005' is a Epson GT-9300 flatbed scanner
>
> tom at dragon:~$ ls -l /dev/usb -s001:005
> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04b8:011b Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 2400 Photo
>
> tom at dragon:~$ ls -l /dev/bus/usb/001/005
> crw-rw-r--+ 1 root scanner 189, 4 Oct ?5 14:26 /dev/bus/usb/001/005
>
> tom at dragon:~$ ls -ld /etc/sane.d
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct ?5 12:00 /etc/sane.d
>
> tom at dragon:~$ ls -l /etc/sane.d/epson*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 376 May ?3 ?2008 /etc/sane.d/epson2.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 793 May ?3 ?2008 /etc/sane.d/epson.conf
>
> tom at dragon:~$ ls -l /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 928 Oct ?5 12:00 /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
>
> tom at dragon:~$ grep epson /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
> # epson
> epson2
>
> tom at dragon:~$ grep -B1 011b /lib/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules
> # Epson Perfection 2400 | Epson GT-9300UF | Epson Perfection 2400 PHOTO
> ATTRS{idVendor}=="04b8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="011b", MODE="0664",
> GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
>
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