More info: - same problem under both stock 2.6.18.10 and 2.6.18.11 kernels. - xsane works from a terminal when ran as root ("sudo xsane")
So I've dug up some pages on changing the required permissions. But this really begs the question, why do I have to do this? Was there something wrong with the installation, or does everyone have to go through this? -- xsane does not start https://launchpad.net/bugs/47174 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs