On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 07:28:29PM +0300, John Vliouras wrote: > I wonder if this is the right place to ask a question regarding FreeBsd7 > and the Handbook. <snip> > The problem is my scanner a Canon Lide 60. Running #scanimage -L I get > "device `genesys:libusb:/dev/usb1:/dev/ugen0' is a Canon Lide 60 flatbed > scanner" which is right and it shows up with xsane as root (when I am > lucky to use xsane as root in gnome) <snip> > I cannot find "/etc/devfs.rules" file, it does not exist. I tried to > make one adding what I was instructed, to no avail. I tried to put > "[system=5]" etc in the "/etc/defaults/devfs.rules" file, which exists, > but it did not work either.
A new install doesn't have a devfs.rules file. You must create it.
What I did to get my scanner and other devices working is the following;
- Use pw(8) to create a group named usb, adding my user-id to the group:
pw groupadd -n usb -m my_user_id
- Write /etc/devfs.rules to give the usb group access:
[customruleset=10]
add path 'da*' mode 0660 group usb
add path 'msdosfs/*' mode 0660 group usb
add path 'uscanner*' mode 0660 group usb
add path 'usb*' mode 0660 group usb
add path 'ugen*' mode 0660 group usb
(The third 'add' line is for the scanner.)
- Activate the ruleset in /etc/rc.conf:
devfs_system_ruleset="customruleset"
- Now either reboot the machine, or restart devfs using
'/etc/rc.d/devfs restart'
- Then plug in the scanner and switch it on. You should see
/dev/uscanner appear with the right permissions.
For the scanner to work in sane, you might need to edit its
configuration files. You should edit /usr/local/etc/sane.d/dll.conf to
make it load the genesys backend. (just add a line 'genesys' if not
present.) The LiDE 60 is listed in /usr/local/etc/sane.d/genesys.conf,
but if it doesn't work, add a line 'usb /dev/uscanner0' to genesys.conf.
On my FreeBSD page[1] I documented the system configuration that I did
on my machine. You might find it usefull.
Roland
[1] http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/index.html
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