try running scanimage -L as root. That should bypass any permissions issues.
allan On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Maks <maksimalac at gmail.com> wrote: > I need some advice regarding the installation of samsung scx-4200 > scanner in ubuntu 9.10. I started to use ubuntu few months ago, after > years of using win xp. Now I have ubuntu 9.10 and win xp installed on my > machine (dual boot), but I'm anxious to learn about ubuntu as much as I > can, so I can discard windows entirely. > > My problem is that I can't get my scanner working in ubuntu. I've added > > ?#scx4200 > ?usb 0x04e8 0x341b > > to /etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf, but now I'm stuck. > > It seems that ubuntu detects scanner when I type "sane-find-scanner": > > # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the > ?# result is different from what you expected, first make sure your > ?# scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. > > ?# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make > sure that > ?# you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04e8 [Samsung], product=0x341b [SCX-4200 > Series]) at libusb:001:002 > ?# Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be > supported by > ?# SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. > > ?# Not checking for parallel port scanners. > > ?# Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary > ports > ?# can't be detected by this program. > > ?The trouble is (to my knowledge) that I have Leadtek WinFast TV tuner > card installed. So when I type "scanimage -L", I get: > > device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname BT878 video (Leadtek WinFast 20 > virtual device. > > When I run XSane image scanner, I get the same result - my scanner is > Leadtek WinFast device. > > I would really appreciate some help on this matter, if possible > step-by-step advice on what I should do. Google offers a lot of advices > on how to do this thing using Samsung unified driver, but Michael wrote > that samsung's proprietary driver performs ugly hacks, and I believe > him. So... > > Thanks, > Max > > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
