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

[terry]

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Stephen Davidson <gorky at freenet.carleton.ca
> wrote:

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> Greetings.
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> 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?
>

Yes, it is possible that only root is privvilidged enough to use the
scanner, (but I would not use it as root).  TO find out if that is the
problem:

In the terminal issue the command:
grep scanner /etc/group

If you do not see your user name listed there, then edit that line in the
file /etc/group and add your user name to the end of the line.

For instance, if your user name is steve and the line says:
scanner:x:93:
change it so that it says
scanner:x:93:steve

If it already has a user name on the line, place a comma and space after it
first, like so:

scanner:x:93:fred,steve

Once the you have your name added to group "scanner"  log out and log back
in again and you should have permission to use the scanner.


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