[sane-devel] Fix 45-libsane.rules to support Epson V100

[m. allan noah]

thanks. its already listed in our description files, so it should get
a udev rule with the next release of sane.

allan

On 2/6/08, Stephane Blondon <stephane.blondon at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have got a scanner Epson Perfection Photo V100 (which need the
> proprietary driver Epowka). I have installed it and it works only with
> root: xsane don't find the scanner when launched with the classical
> users accounts (tested with two).
>
> I have found that the scanner is not included in
> /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules.
> I have added it and now it works well. A 'diff -u' of the change is
> joined to this mail.
> Note that I only do a reference to the 'Epson Perfection V100' in the
> diff. It seems that the V10 is globally equivalent (due to same driver
> and the answer of scanimage) but I don't know if they have the same
> Product ID.
>
>
> If you have questions or comments, please cc me because I have not
> subscribed to the ml.
>
> Stephane.
>
> PS:
> Some infos you could find useful:
> System : Linux on x86 (32bit)
> Distro : Ubuntu 7.10
> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.18-cvs; backend version 1.0.18
>
> The first lines of 45-libsane.rules say:
> # This file was automatically created based on description files (*.desc)
> #by sane-desc 3.2 from sane-backends 1.0.18-cvs on Fri Oct  5 15:26:21 2007
>
> Extract of terminal (epowka installed but without modification in
> 45-libsane.rules :
> /*
> * as root:
> */
> # scanimage -L
> device `epkowa:libusb:003:004' is a Epson Perfection V10/V100 flatbed scanner
> /*
> *as user:
> */
> $ 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.
>
>   # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
>   # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
>
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8, product=0x012d) at libusb:003:004
>   # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
>   # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
>
>   # 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.
> $ lsusb
> Bus 003 Device 004: ID 04b8:012d Seiko Epson Corp.
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>
> $ scanimage -L
>
> 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).
>
> /*
> * I modify the file and restart the scanner:
> */
>
> $ scanimage -L
> device `epkowa:libusb:003:008' is a Epson Perfection V10/V100 flatbed scanner
>
> /*
> *      \o/ yoohooo!
> */
>
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