[NTLUG:Discuss] Scanner not always found?

[terry]

>From CLI issue command:

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On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Stephen Davidson
<gorky at freenet.carleton.ca>wrote:

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> Hi Guys.
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> Trying something new -- trying to get a scanner working on Linux.
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> As root;
> blue:~ # scanimage -L
> device `genesys:libusb:002:003' is a Canon LiDE 35/40/50 flatbed scanner
> blue:~ #
>
> As user logged in on desktop;
> laurie at blue:~> scanimage -L
> device `genesys:libusb:002:003' is a Canon LiDE 35/40/50 flatbed scanner
> laurie at blue:~>
>
> As user logged in from via remote shell;
>
> 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:~>
>
> This issue is probably why the remote Scanner clients are not working.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> - -Steve
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