Hello Dieter Many thanks for the reply. Hopefully (like me) you find the best holidays are away from the internet :-)
It tried your suggestions and got the following log ----------------------------------- david at david-desktop:~$ 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). david at david-desktop:~$ sudo chmod 0666 /dev/sg2 [sudo] password for david: david at david-desktop:~$ ls -l /dev/sg2 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 21, 2 2009-06-05 21:09 /dev/sg2 david at david-desktop:~$ scanimage -L device `hp:/dev/sg2' is a Hewlett-Packard C1130A flatbed scanner ----------------------------------- Xsane then worked, and i successfully scanned an image :-) Unfortunately on rebooting Xsane still does not detect the scanner and everything was as before :-( On this particular installation i am the sole user, and i guess administrator or super user. This problem relates to Ubuntu 9.04. Previously using Ubuntu 8.10, i somehow managed to get things working http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1173861 I am open to suggestions for further tests :-) Kind regards Dave On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 20:34 +0200, Dr. Ing. Dieter Jurzitza wrote: > Dear Dave, > Sorry for being that late with my answer - but I've just returned from > holidays and didn't have access to internet, so no emails. > > The issue seems obvious: your user is not allowed to access the scanner. For > a > first test (and to make sure that I am right) pleas do the following: > > david at david-desktop:~$ scanimage -L > (should result in what you know) > > sudo chmod 0666 /dev/sg2 > ls -l /dev/sg2 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 21, 2 2009-05-29 14:08 /dev/sg2 > > david at david-desktop:~$ scanimage -L > hey, you've got a working scanner :-) > > If _that_ works for you, let me know and we'll realize a permanent fix. > Take care > > > > Dieter > > Am Freitag 29 Mai 2009 15:52:47 schrieb David Brant: > > Hi Dieter > > > > I typed (and got) the following > ****** >
