thanks. its already listed in our description files, so it should get a udev rule with the next release of sane.
allan On 2/6/08, Stephane Blondon <stephane.blondon at gmail.com> wrote: > I have got a scanner Epson Perfection Photo V100 (which need the > proprietary driver Epowka). I have installed it and it works only with > root: xsane don't find the scanner when launched with the classical > users accounts (tested with two). > > I have found that the scanner is not included in > /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules. > I have added it and now it works well. A 'diff -u' of the change is > joined to this mail. > Note that I only do a reference to the 'Epson Perfection V100' in the > diff. It seems that the V10 is globally equivalent (due to same driver > and the answer of scanimage) but I don't know if they have the same > Product ID. > > > If you have questions or comments, please cc me because I have not > subscribed to the ml. > > Stephane. > > PS: > Some infos you could find useful: > System : Linux on x86 (32bit) > Distro : Ubuntu 7.10 > scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.18-cvs; backend version 1.0.18 > > The first lines of 45-libsane.rules say: > # This file was automatically created based on description files (*.desc) > #by sane-desc 3.2 from sane-backends 1.0.18-cvs on Fri Oct 5 15:26:21 2007 > > Extract of terminal (epowka installed but without modification in > 45-libsane.rules : > /* > * as root: > */ > # scanimage -L > device `epkowa:libusb:003:004' is a Epson Perfection V10/V100 flatbed scanner > /* > *as user: > */ > $ sane-find-scanner > > # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the > # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your > # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. > > # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure > that > # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8, product=0x012d) at libusb:003:004 > # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported > by > # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. > > # Not checking for parallel port scanners. > > # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports > # can't be detected by this program. > > # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you > # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as > # necessary. > $ lsusb > Bus 003 Device 004: ID 04b8:012d Seiko Epson Corp. > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > $ scanimage -L > > No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, > check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the > sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation > which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). > > /* > * I modify the file and restart the scanner: > */ > > $ scanimage -L > device `epkowa:libusb:003:008' is a Epson Perfection V10/V100 flatbed scanner > > /* > * \o/ yoohooo! > */ > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
