Public bug reported: I tried using severals scanning programs under Ubuntu 8.10. (Eg.: xsane, kooka, OOo, GIMP).
Additional informations: $ uname -a Linux ASZTALI 2.6.27-8-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 6 17:38:14 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ xsane Segmentation error $ strace xsane [...] shmat(622592, 0, 0) = ? shmat(655361, 0, 0) = ? shmat(688130, 0, 0) = ? shmat(720899, 0, 0) = ? shmat(753668, 0, 0) = ? shmat(786437, 0, 0) = ? shmat(819206, 0, 0) = ? shmat(851975, 0, 0) = ? shmat(884744, 0, 0) = ? shmat(917513, 0, 0) = ? shmat(950282, 0, 0) = ? shmat(983051, 0, 0) = ? setuid(0) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted) iopl(0x3) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted) --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ Process 6001 detached I see there is a permission problem, but I coudn't find which file's permissions has to be modified. The dmesg's output: xsane[30229] general protection ip:7f575b0d8ce0 sp:7fff71c33218 error:0 in libmfp.so.1.0.1[7f575b0d0000+e000] $ lsusb Bus 002 Device 008: ID 1606:0160 Umax [hex] Astra 5400U [...] With sudo the programs work well... ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 8.10 - scan doesn't work by users https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299363 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs