I'm using Fedora Core 3 The scanner has been installed by Fedora itself The first time I was surprised to not find the scanner on programs using it. By error in a root terminal I said xsane & I was surprised that xsane found the scanner at the beginning.. Thank for your answer Jim > Which version of Fedora? There was a change made that changes the > scanners to the first (GUI) console user will be set to be owner of the > usb file related to the scanner. If it is FC3, a bug might need to be > filed with your hardware specific information. > > Jim >