> Hi, > > > device `pixma:04A91725' is a CANON Canon PIXMA MP610 multi-function >peripheral > > Seeing how your device is an MFP, it's probably root:lp instead of > root:scanner due to a change in udev itself between Lenny and Squeeze. > > In Lenny the scanner group would prevail, in Squeeze it's the lp group > that prevails. In Lenny the issue was with printing to MFPs, in Squeeze > it's with scanning. > > Two ways to work around this: > - add your user to the lp group > - use ConsoleKit and any user physically logged into the machine > (running the X session) will have access to the scanner > > JB.
Thank you very much - after adding the user to lp everything worked fine. I?m just curious - if you?ve got the time and it isn?t too difficult to explain - why has the user to be in the group "lp" if in 60-libsane.rules "scanner" is mentioned? Michael
