"Mark J. Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi,

> #1 modprobe ppdev
>
> This creates /dev/parport0, but scanimage -L still can't find the scanner.  
> It 
> also can no longer find the scanner when run as root!  I can hear the scanner 
> buzz for a split second, but then I get the classic "No scanners were 
> indentified" message.

Try:

$ SANE_DEBUG_CANON_PP=255 scanimage -L

And look at the output. Check /var/log/messages afterwards too.

Try sane-find-scanner -p too.

> What do I do to get this to work as normal user?

You can setup saned to run as root, and restrict access to 127.0.0.1.

This will allow you to scan as a non-root user through saned using the
net backend.

JB.

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