Heh, I actually did post on the arch linux forums first. Since no one there was able to give me a suggestion that worked I figured I'd try to pick some more brains.
Do not be afraid to joust a giant just because some people believe in windmills. David Kaplan wrote: > I would ask in the Arch forum. there is probably a gui program that needs to > be installed, that would normally come with Ubuntu, but with Arch you always > have to add the pieces separately. > > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Donkyhotay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> Do not be afraid to joust a giant just because some people believe in >> 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? >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Do not be afraid to joust a giant just because some people believe in >>>> windmills. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PLUG mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PLUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
