-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It would appear that on Jun 6, eric tanguy did say: > >> > >> > >>I think there is a right problem somewhere but my scanner works fine in > >> root but i can't use it as a user. Someone can help me ? > >> > >> > > I assume a usb scanner. Try unplugging the scanner while you are logged > > in as a normal user, then plug it back in again. > > > Yes it works like this. But i don't want to unplug and plug it back when i > want to use it. What's the problem and how solve it ? > thanxes > Eric > This has been discussed before, you may want to search the archives... But from what I remember, somebody said there was a bug... That causes a restrictive permission setting to occur every time you boot. If you don't want to fiddle with unpluging and replugging your scanner you might try a root command workaround. First you need to find out exactly where your scanner is being mounted. This was, I think, described in a previous message but I forgot the details. (Actually I think I just poked around with mc till I found it...) In my case, my usb scanner was being mounted as /proc/bus/usb/001/002 So _FOR_MY_SCANNER_ the root command to fix this was: chmod 666 /proc/bus/usb/001/002 Which I put in a one line script in /root/bin/fixscan. Since I usually have something to do as root in between booting and needing the scanner anyway, my problem is solved by remembering to type: # fixscan I only need to do this once after every reboot. But I suppose it could be added to some start up script. Though I'm not really sure how to do that. Perhaps someone who plays with such scripts can recommend a good place to insert this so that the OP won't have to remember to fix it as root after every boot???? - -- | --- ___ | <0> <-> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | ~\___/~ <<jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx>> ############################################################## # You can find my public gpg key at http://pgpkeys.mit.edu/ # ############################################################## -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAw9rqRZ/61mwhY94RAibiAJ0dvqfN0Cj1XT0p5WrSdCs5vt7JTACeIvdE KX++qAuhHqet4Vx5L9G7TmA= =oA+q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
