Allan It is not that I can not read carefully, but that I had found that the su command could not be run due to my only password being rejected. I therefore hoped that sudo would do and that is why I spelt out that I had used sudo not su. I had been given advice to use sudo in another situation because su was not accessable with my known password.
I have just found a way of changing my root password so that I can use SU. I appreciate you support and I am trying to follow your instructions but at the time I could not do so because I did not know how to access the root with the passwords that I remembered. Here are the results. > root@robin-desktop:/home/robin# SANE_DEBUG_AVISION=7 scanimage -L > [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of avision to 7. > [avision] sane_init:(Version: 1.0 Build: 201) > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "# This are the possible > options. Normally any scanner" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 1: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "# should work just fine > without them - and they are only" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 2: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "# needed for test and > debugging. So if you experience problems" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 3: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "# and you solve them with > enabling options here, please notify" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 4: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "# the SANE/Avision > maintainer: Rene Rebe <r...@exactcode.de>" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 5: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 6: ignoring empty line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#option disable-gamma-table" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 7: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#option disable-calibration" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 8: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#option force-a4" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 9: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 10: ignoring empty line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#scsi AVISION" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 11: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#scsi FCPA" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 12: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#scsi MINOLTA" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 13: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#scsi MITSBISH MCA-S600C" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 14: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#scsi MITSBISH MCA-SS600" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 15: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#scsi HP" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 16: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#scsi hp" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 17: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 18: ignoring empty line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#scsi /dev/scanner" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 19: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "# usb libusb:002:003" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 20: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "# usb 0x03f0 0x0701" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 21: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 22: ignoring empty line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#added to read the visioneer > strobe xp 450" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 23: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#addresses found from > sane-find-scanner" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 24: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "#usb libush:001:006" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 25: ignoring comment line > [avision] sane_init: parsing config line "usb 0x04a7 0x0424" > [avision] sane_init: config file line 26: trying to attach USB:`usb > 0x04a7 0x0424' > [avision] attach: > [avision] attach: opening libusb:002:003 > [avision] inquiry: 96 > [avision] attach: sending INQUIRY > [avision] filling command to have a length of 10, was: 6 > [avision] Timeouts: write: 30000, read: 1500, status: 1500 > [avision] avision_usb_status: timeout 1500, 1 retries > [avision] ==> (bulk read) going down ... > [avision] <== (bulk read) got: 1, status: 0 > [avision] attach: Inquiry gives mfg=VISIONER, model=Strobe XP 450, > product revision=1.02. > [avision] attach: model is not in the list of supported models! > [avision] attach: You might want to report this output. > [avision] attach: To: r...@exactcode.de (the Avision backend author) > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a27 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a3c ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a33 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a24 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a25 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a3a ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a23 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a2a ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a2a ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a19 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a41 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a16 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a13 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a18 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a66 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a40 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a68 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a61 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a45 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 3f0 701 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 3f0 701 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 3f0 801 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 3f0 b01 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 26a ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 686 4004 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 686 400d ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 686 400e ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a15 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 a16 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 4c5 1029 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 40a 6001 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 40a 6002 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 40a 6003 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 40a 6004 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 40a 6005 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 638 268 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 4a7 449 ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 4a7 44c ... > [avision] sane_init: Trying to find USB device 4a7 475 ... > [avision] sane_get_devices: > > 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). > [avision] sane_exit: The above comments are in response to m. allan noah's email of 08/05/07 00:17 as quoted below: > my god you are hard to help. i have to repeat EVERY message? > > "...(give root password)..." > > allan > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a free email account with anti spam protection. http://www.bluebottle.com
