Hi Allan
Thanks for all your help :)
Chris
On 23/05/11 11:03, m. allan noah wrote:
IIRC- there was a bug in Ubuntu's SCSI scanner udev rules, which Olaf
reported to them? The general idea is to add a line to a file in
/etc/udev/rules.d, which will set the permissions on the scanner to
IIRC- there was a bug in Ubuntu's SCSI scanner udev rules, which Olaf
reported to them? The general idea is to add a line to a file in
/etc/udev/rules.d, which will set the permissions on the scanner to
something more 'permissive' :) I think you might get more help with
that specific problem on an
Hi again and thanks very much for your help
My OS is Ubuntu 10.10
On 19/05/11 23:17, m. allan noah wrote:
Stop logging into Xwindows as root.
instead, login as yourself, open a terminal, and run this:
su -
It will ask for root password. if you give it correctly, you now have
a shell open
What am I doing wrong :(
I'm loging on as root user
Places/home the I keep clicking back to get the DEV folder I find sg0
which is my scanner I click on properties. I have changed both owener
and group to chris restarted the computer
Login as chris and the owner and group are back to root
WHY
Stop logging into Xwindows as root.
instead, login as yourself, open a terminal, and run this:
su -
It will ask for root password. if you give it correctly, you now have
a shell open as root. in that shell, run this:
chown chris. /dev/sg0
(this assumes that 'chris' is your login.) Note the
Can you tell me what I do next
Chris
On 10/05/11 20:22, m. allan noah wrote:
The scanner works as root, but not as a regular user. So we need to
adjust the permissions of the device.
The mechanism to do this differs somewhat between linux distros.
Generally, we will be editing udev
sudo scanimage -L
device `canon:/dev/sg0' is a CANON IX-12015Eflatbed scanner
On 10/05/11 01:16, m. allan noah wrote:
run the following, as root:
scanimage -L
if your scanner is not listed, run the following as root:
SANE_DEBUG_CANON=255 scanimage -L 2canon.log
This will produce
The scanner works as root, but not as a regular user. So we need to
adjust the permissions of the device.
The mechanism to do this differs somewhat between linux distros.
Generally, we will be editing udev (/etc/udev/rules.d) or hal
(/usr/share/hal/fdi/) rules. Or, perhaps some other mechanism.
Have changed the continence of the file and still can't get the printer
working any more help please
On 04/05/11 23:00, m. allan noah wrote:
All system files are owned by root. use sudo, or switch to root account.
allan
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Chrisesky64 at tpg.com.au wrote:
run the following, as root:
scanimage -L
if your scanner is not listed, run the following as root:
SANE_DEBUG_CANON=255 scanimage -L 2canon.log
This will produce a 'canon.log' file in the current directory. Please
send that file to the list, compressed if it is larger than 100 KB.
allan
On
[sanei_debug] Setting debug level of canon to 255.
[canon] sane_init
[canon] sane_init: sane-backends 1.0.18
[canon] attach_one
[canon] attach
[canon] attach: opening /dev/scanner
[canon] attach: open failed: Invalid argument
[canon] attach_one
[canon] sane_init
[canon] sane_get_devices
what are the contents of /etc/sane.d/canon.conf?
allan
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Chris esky64 at tpg.com.au wrote:
Hi Trying to get my scanner working but not sure where to go next
chris at chris-desktop:~$ sudo scanimage -L
[sudo] password for chris:
No scanners were identified. If
Erase all that stuff, and put this instead:
scsi CANON IX
allan
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Chris esky64 at tpg.com.au wrote:
hi Allan
the contents of canon.conf
#canon.conf
/dev/scanner
#/dev/sg0
On 04/05/11 20:50, m. allan noah wrote:
what are the contents of
Thanks Allan
Can I ask how I edit the file I get access denied
On 04/05/11 22:28, m. allan noah wrote:
Erase all that stuff, and put this instead:
scsi CANON IX
allan
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Chrisesky64 at tpg.com.au wrote:
hi Allan
the contents of canon.conf
#canon.conf
All system files are owned by root. use sudo, or switch to root account.
allan
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Chris esky64 at tpg.com.au wrote:
Thanks Allan
Can I ask how I edit the file I get access denied
On 04/05/11 22:28, m. allan noah wrote:
Erase all that stuff, and put this
Hi Trying to get my scanner working but not sure where to go next
chris at chris-desktop:~$ sudo scanimage -L
[sudo] password for chris:
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner
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