Brad Sawatzky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,
>> There's only one node created under /dev/bus/usb unfortunately, that's >> a real problem with multifunction devices and the current permissions >> scheme - it's hard to share the printer between CUPS and SANE. > > This is what was in the back of my mind. I'm not sure how libsane > identifies the correct scanner device in /dev/. If the scanner can be > accessed through more than one device ( ie. /dev/bus/usb/00X/00Y, and > /dev/usbdevX.Y_epZZ) then the device libsane picks would depend on which > device it tries first and was able to open. If CUPS grabbed the > /dev/bus/usb/ device first, would libsane keep searching and eventually try > the /dev/usbdevX.Y* devices? libusb only knows about /dev/bus/usb for now, I don't know whether there's something planned for the endpoint device nodes or not... JB. -- Julien BLACHE - Debian & GNU/Linux Developer - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Public key available on <http://www.jblache.org> - KeyID: F5D6 5169 GPG Fingerprint : 935A 79F1 C8B3 3521 FD62 7CC7 CD61 4FD7 F5D6 5169 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

