OK I checked permissions for my basic admin acct and made sure I added privileges for sane. In addition, I added the scanner name and id settings to the sane rules file following the instructions here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingScannerPermissions
Apparently this may not be a bug with Ubuntu per se but more with sane setup from Epson. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1122252 Title: Epson Perfection 3170 Scanner not detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/1122252/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs