Can you run: tail -f /var/log/messages
Then try running xsane again and post any errors in the /var/log/messages. A On 1/7/07, Guido Milanese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do apologize because I post again on the same subject, having asked help > more than one year ago. > On a Mandriva 2006, I was not able to scan. The solution was to install hplip. > Now I installed a new Mandriva 2007, and, as I normally prefer, I did not > upgrade but I installed from scratch. Hplip was installed by default, version > 1.6.9. Great printing, no scanning. Xsane could not find it. > I checked the file /etc/sane.d/dll.conf and uncommented the line containing > hpaio. No success. > The error message I get from hp-toolbox is (translating from Italian, so the > wording won't be perfect): > > It is not possible to open hpaio:/usb/OfficeJet_5110?serial=CN3ANB107X2Q > Operation not permitted. > > Running xsane directly (user or root) the anser is "No scanner found". > sane-find-scanner : "No USB scanners found." No difference if I log as root. > scanimage -L outputs "No scanners were identified." > > I also tried to specify the URI as suggested in the "troubleshooting" page at > hplip.sourceforge.net, but the answer is the same as from hp-toolbox > (operation not permitted). > > Sorry, I'm lost again... > guido, italy > > ------------ > Guido Milanese > http://www.arsantiqua.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > HPLIP-Help mailing list > HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help > -- I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me. - "Firefly" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
