Permissions??? On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 11:47 AM Alan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2020-02-02 at 06:18 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > > My desktop host has an Asus Prime X470-Pro motherboard and USB3.x > > ports on > > the rear panel plus two on the front panel. > > > > I have a 7-port USB3.x hub connected to one of the rear ports. The > > external > > backup drive, Palm TX sync/charger, and the Nokia phone charger are > > connected to that hub. But, when I connect the Canon Canoscan LiDE > > 400 to > > the hub neither 'scanimage -L' nor 'sane-find-scanner' sees it. > > > > Connecting the scanner to a front port results is different: > > > > $ scanimage -L > > device `pixma:04A91912_4301BD' is a CANON CanoScan LiDE 400 multi- > > function peripheral > > > > $ sane-find-scanner > > ... > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x1912 [LiDE 400]) > > at libusb:001:098 > > > > This series of Canon scanners is now supported by sane-1.0.28 which I > > built > > from the source code in a clone of sane's github repo. > > > > I don't now know which flavor of USB3.x powers the hub and front port > > and > > wonder why this would make a difference in sane (and I presume xsane) > > finding the scanner. > > Scanners are weird. Most/all drivers cannot be seen if they are on a > USB hub. This includes Windows. I am not certain why. It wants the > shortest path to the device for some reason. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
