[sane-devel] Canoscan FB1200S

Wed May 25 10:39:19 UTC 2011

Hi Allan
Thanks for all your help :)
Chris

On 23/05/11 11:03, m. allan noah wrote:
> IIRC- there was a bug in Ubuntu's SCSI scanner udev rules, which Olaf
> reported to them? The general idea is to add a line to a file in
> /etc/udev/rules.d, which will set the permissions on the scanner to
> something more 'permissive' :) I think you might get more help with
> that specific problem on an ubuntu forum, as perms tend to be distro-
> specific.
>
> allan
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>  wrote:
>> Hi again and thanks very much for your help
>> My OS is Ubuntu 10.10
>>
>> On 19/05/11 23:17, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>
>>> Stop logging into Xwindows as root.
>>>
>>> instead, login as yourself, open a terminal, and run this:
>>>
>>> su -
>>>
>>> It will ask for root password. if you give it correctly, you now have
>>> a shell open as root. in that shell, run this:
>>>
>>> chown chris. /dev/sg0
>>>
>>> (this assumes that 'chris' is your login.) Note the '.' after chris.
>>> This changes the owner and group. Now exit the root shell:
>>>
>>> exit
>>>
>>> and exit the 'chris' shell if you don't need it any more.
>>>
>>> exit
>>>
>>> However, all of this is a stop-gap for actually fixing the problem.
>>> Your system should be capable of managing these permissions
>>> automatically. What OS is this?
>>>
>>> allan
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What am I doing wrong :(
>>>> I'm loging on as root user
>>>> Places/home the I keep clicking back to get the DEV folder I find sg0
>>>> which
>>>> is my scanner I click on properties. I have changed both owener and group
>>>> to
>>>> chris restarted the computer
>>>> Login as chris and the owner and group are back to root
>>>> WHY
>>>> What am I doing wrong
>>>> why will they not sat as chris
>>>> PS. when I am root user my scanner works but I don't wish to boot as root
>>>> every time I wish to scan something
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/05/11 22:37, Chris wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you tell me what I do next
>>>>> Chris
>>>>> On 10/05/11 20:22, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The scanner works as root, but not as a regular user. So we need to
>>>>>> adjust the permissions of the device.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The mechanism to do this differs somewhat between linux distros.
>>>>>> Generally, we will be editing udev (/etc/udev/rules.d) or hal
>>>>>> (/usr/share/hal/fdi/) rules. Or, perhaps some other mechanism. :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> allan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:36 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>    wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> sudo scanimage -L
>>>>>>> device `canon:/dev/sg0' is a CANON IX-12015E flatbed scanner
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/05/11 01:16, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> run the following, as root:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> scanimage -L
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> if your scanner is not listed, run the following as root:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SANE_DEBUG_CANON=255 scanimage -L 2>canon.log
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This will produce a 'canon.log' file in the current directory. Please
>>>>>>>> send that file to the list, compressed if it is larger than 100 KB.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> allan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>    wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Have changed the continence of the file and still can't get the
>>>>>>>>> printer
>>>>>>>>> working any more help please
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 04/05/11 23:00, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> All system files are owned by root. use sudo, or switch to root
>>>>>>>>>> account.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> allan
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>    wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Allan
>>>>>>>>>>> Can I ask how I edit the file I get access denied
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 04/05/11 22:28, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Erase all that stuff, and put this instead:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> scsi CANON IX
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> allan
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>    wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hi Allan
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the contents of canon.conf
>>>>>>>>>>>>> #canon.conf
>>>>>>>>>>>>> /dev/scanner
>>>>>>>>>>>>> #/dev/sg0
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 04/05/11 20:50, m. allan noah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what are the contents of /etc/sane.d/canon.conf?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> allan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Chris<esky64 at tpg.com.au>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Trying to get my scanner working but not sure where to go
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> next
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> chris at chris-desktop:~$ sudo scanimage -L
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [sudo] password for chris:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> chris at chris-desktop:~$ ^C
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> chris at chris-desktop:~$ 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.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> found SCSI scanner "CANON IX-12015E 1.07" at /dev/sg0
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # Your SCSI scanner was detected. It may or may not be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> supported by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SANE.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Try
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sure
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> controller and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> setup
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # 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.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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