Yes, as I mentioned I can actually scan from the terminal just fine with 
my user account. I have also tried logging in as root and running xsane 
but there was no difference.


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windmills.


David Kaplan wrote:
> Did you add yourself to the scanner group?
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Groups
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Donkyhotay <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I recently changed distro's from ubuntu to arch a few weeks ago. It's
>> worked pretty well for me except for one small problem I've been having
>> with xsane. Whenever I try to launch it says it's detecting my scanner,
>> then it just quits. Launching from CLI gives
>>
>> (xsane:3713): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with
>> non-zero page size is deprecated
>>
>> Following the instructions listed on the wiki
>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_Scanner_Support I have been able
>> to successfully scan using scanimage from the CLI so I know my scanner
>> works, has the correct permissions (I can scan without root) and all
>> around works so I think the problem is just with xsane or maybe GTK. The
>> version of sane and xsane I have installed are direct from pacman. I
>> have tried deleting my ~/.sane folder with no change. If I try to launch
>> xsane with the scanner off I get the message reporting "no devices
>> available". I have even tried launching xsane as root with no difference
>> except a message telling me I shouldn't run it as root. Any ideas on
>> whats causing this and how I should resolve it?
>>
>>
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