run 'lshal' and see if the scanner is anywhere in that long list.... allan
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Y P <yellow.penguin at edpnet.be> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 09:39:43AM -0400, m. allan noah wrote: >> gentlemen- we have led YP astray. It seems that recent Ubuntu and >> Fedora no longer install udev rules, but rather, use ConsoleKit and >> hal to manage device access. >> >> look around in /usr/share/hal/fdi for some sort of libsane.fdi file. > > OK, the directory exist. > But no libsane.fdi there. > It's elsewhere... see more below. > >> Verify that the scanner's usb vendor and device ids are in that file. >> If they are, then perhaps the hal fdi cache is corrupt, see ubuntu bug >> #211708 for a possible fix. > > On my Hardy, there is a file called 20-libsane.fdi; the path is: > /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/ > and the 20-libsane.fdi file is +/- 210k great. > > Content regarding LiDE25 is: > > <snip> > > <!-- Canon CanoScan LiDE25 --> > <match key="usb.vendor_id" int="0x04a9"> > <match key="usb.product_id" int="0x2220"> > <append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">scanner</append> > <merge key="scanner.access_method" type="string">proprietary</merge> > </match> > </match> > > </snip> > > i don't know if that info should be relevant for resolving the problem. > > GrtnX, > > Y)ellow P)enguin > > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
