[SLUG] Scanner probs

2004-09-14 Thread Elliott-Brennan
Hi, (I tried to send a previous group mail, but it doesn't appear to have 'appeared') - sorry if this turns out to be a multiple post - some probs have been resolved thanks to previous assistance. Problems with a Diamond View scanner: (my aim is to run all my periphs in Mandrake, so I can change

Re: [SLUG] Scanner probs

2004-09-14 Thread Darren Williams
Hi Elliott-Brennan I have just gone through this with a Acer 640u scanner so what you have done so far is correct, the only other thingI did different was to delete all the scanner entries under /dev This then allows libusb to handle the devices. Note this was done using: Linux 2.6.x libusb usbfs

RE: [SLUG] Scanner probs

2004-09-15 Thread Elliott-Brennan
ng any of our other Win machines :) That all said, I'm sure it'll get done - struggle struggle. Thanks, Patrick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Williams Sent: Wednesday, 15 September 2004 4:01 PM To: Elliott-Bre

Re: [SLUG] Scanner probs

2004-09-15 Thread Darren Williams
Hi Elliott-Brennan On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Elliott-Brennan wrote: > Hi Darren, > > Glad to see that someone else has one of these running. I'm afraid I > don't quite know how to do what you suggest. Inside /dev I have a > multitude of files and It's not clear to me which relate to scanners. > Who w

Re: [SLUG] Scanner probs

2004-09-15 Thread John Clarke
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 09:05:22 +1000, Darren Williams wrote: > as root add a user to a group > /usr/sbin/usermod -G scanner > /usr/sbin/usermod -G scanner That doesn't quite do what you think it does. It *does* add the users to group scanner, but it also deletes them from any other groups th

Re: [SLUG] Scanner probs

2004-09-15 Thread Darren Williams
Hi John On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, John Clarke wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 09:05:22 +1000, Darren Williams wrote: > > > as root add a user to a group > > /usr/sbin/usermod -G scanner > > /usr/sbin/usermod -G scanner > > That doesn't quite do what you think it does. It *does* add the users > t