[NTLUG:Discuss] Scanners on SuSE 11.0 -- do they work?

[Stephen Davidson]

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Greetings.

Any ideas how to get one to work?  My first issue;

steve at blue:~>  scanimage -L

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 tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
steve at blue:~>

blue:~ # scanimage -L
device `genesys:libusb:002:010' is a Canon LiDE 35/40/50 flatbed scanner
blue:~ #

Note that I can't get Gimp or Kooka to react to the scanner as well when
logged in as a normal user.  If you click Configure on kooka, or Select
Scanner on Gimp, nothing happens.  No error messages, nothing.  On a
hunch, I restarted Gimp from the command line, and had the scanimage
message from "steve at blue" displayed in the console.  So I think if I can
fix the issue with Scanimage, I might be able to get Gimp to use the
scanner.  I have not tried either software when logged in as root.

So, does this mean I can only do scanning if I am root?  That does not
seem right....

Suggestions?

- -Steve
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