the scanner will be in /dev however by the interface the device is connected across. if it's on a parallel port it'll be /dev/lp0 or ./lp1 etc.
you can create a scanner group, modify permissions/group on the device, and add the users you want to the group and you should be able to scan ok. regards, brett On Tuesday 16 November 2004 09:30, William Chivers wrote: > Hello all, > > I hope that this email is the appropriate way to add a question to the > discussion. If not, apologies for the unsolicited email. > > Has anyone managed to get a parallel port scanner (CanoScan N 340P) > working with Mandrake 10.0? I used the Mandrake configuration tool to > setup the scanner - it had the scanner model in its list - and according > to the setup tool all went well. However, noone but the root user can > use the scanner - no other user has the appropriate permissions. The > scanner works well for the root user, by the way. > > Searching for this problem in Slug and elsewhere locates plenty of > information about this problem and USB scanners, but nothing for > parallel scanners. > > Should I locate the offending file and change its permissions? If so, > what is the file? Searching file:/ for "scanner" did not find anything > relevant. There is no scanner entry in /dev. Or should I somehow add > users to the scaner group or vice-versa? > > I had this problem with Mandrake 9.1 and 9.2 and just ran the scanner as > root, thinking that Mandrake might eventually sort this out... > > Thanks, > Bill Chivers > > --------------------------------------------- > William J. Chivers > Lecturer in Information Technology > School of DCIT > Faculty of Science and Information Technology > University of Newcastle---Ourimbah Campus > PO Box 127, Ourimbah, NSW 2259 > Australia > > phone: +61 2 4349 4473 > fax: +61 2 4349 4565 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------- -- Brett Fenton NetRegistry Pty Ltd _______________________________________________ http://www.netregistry.com.au/ Tel: +61 2 96996099 | Fax: +61 2 96996088 PO Box 270 Broadway | NSW 2007, Australia Your Total Internet Business Services Provider Trusted by 10,000s of Oz Businesses Since 1997 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
