What am I doing wrong :( I'm loging on as root user Places/home the I keep clicking back to get the DEV folder I find sg0 which is my scanner I click on properties. I have changed both owener and group to chris restarted the computer Login as chris and the owner and group are back to root WHY What am I doing wrong why will they not sat as chris PS. when I am root user my scanner works but I don't wish to boot as root every time I wish to scan something
On 12/05/11 22:37, Chris wrote: > Can you tell me what I do next > Chris > On 10/05/11 20:22, m. allan noah wrote: >> The scanner works as root, but not as a regular user. So we need to >> adjust the permissions of the device. >> >> The mechanism to do this differs somewhat between linux distros. >> Generally, we will be editing udev (/etc/udev/rules.d) or hal >> (/usr/share/hal/fdi/) rules. Or, perhaps some other mechanism. :( >> >> allan >> >> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:36 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au> wrote: >>> sudo scanimage -L >>> device `canon:/dev/sg0' is a CANON IX-12015E flatbed scanner >>> >>> On 10/05/11 01:16, m. allan noah wrote: >>>> >>>> run the following, as root: >>>> >>>> scanimage -L >>>> >>>> if your scanner is not listed, run the following as root: >>>> >>>> SANE_DEBUG_CANON=255 scanimage -L 2>canon.log >>>> >>>> This will produce a 'canon.log' file in the current directory. Please >>>> send that file to the list, compressed if it is larger than 100 KB. >>>> >>>> allan >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Have changed the continence of the file and still can't get the >>>>> printer >>>>> working any more help please >>>>> >>>>> On 04/05/11 23:00, m. allan noah wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> All system files are owned by root. use sudo, or switch to root >>>>>> account. >>>>>> >>>>>> allan >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Allan >>>>>>> Can I ask how I edit the file I get access denied >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 04/05/11 22:28, m. allan noah wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Erase all that stuff, and put this instead: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> scsi CANON IX >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> allan >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> hi Allan >>>>>>>>> the contents of canon.conf >>>>>>>>> #canon.conf >>>>>>>>> /dev/scanner >>>>>>>>> #/dev/sg0 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 04/05/11 20:50, m. allan noah wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> what are the contents of /etc/sane.d/canon.conf? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> allan >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Hi Trying to get my scanner working but not sure where to go >>>>>>>>>>> next >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> chris at chris-desktop:~$ sudo scanimage -L >>>>>>>>>>> [sudo] password for chris: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> 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). >>>>>>>>>>> chris at chris-desktop:~$ ^C >>>>>>>>>>> chris at chris-desktop:~$ sane-find-scanner >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. >>>>>>>>>>> If the >>>>>>>>>>> # result is different from what you expected, first make sure >>>>>>>>>>> your >>>>>>>>>>> # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> found SCSI scanner "CANON IX-12015E 1.07" at /dev/sg0 >>>>>>>>>>> # Your SCSI scanner was detected. It may or may not be >>>>>>>>>>> supported by >>>>>>>>>>> SANE. >>>>>>>>>>> Try >>>>>>>>>>> # scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, >>>>>>>>>>> make >>>>>>>>>>> sure >>>>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>>>> # you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host >>>>>>>>>>> controller and >>>>>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>>>>> setup >>>>>>>>>>> # the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> # Not checking for parallel port scanners. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other >>>>>>>>>>> proprietary >>>>>>>>>>> ports >>>>>>>>>>> # can't be detected by this program. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. >>>>>>>>>>> Once >>>>>>>>>>> you >>>>>>>>>>> # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access >>>>>>>>>>> permissions >>>>>>>>>>> as >>>>>>>>>>> # necessary. >>>>>>>>>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >>> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >>> to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >
