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On 18:32 Wed 30 Jul , Justin Findlay wrote: |
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> On AD 2008 July 30 Wednesday 03:49:23 PM -0700, Grant wrote: |
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> > I can't figure out where the device file is. With the scanner |
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> > connected and powered on I did an 'updatedb && locate scanner' and it |
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> > didn't come up with anything in /dev, I don't have a /dev/usb/ |
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> > directory, and the output of 'ls /dev/usb*' is the same with the |
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> > scanner on or off. Any idea where that file might be? Those two |
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> > commands also don't mention it. |
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> Another way to get info is to power on the scanner and plug it in, then |
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> `modprobe -r` the appropriate kernel module(s) and then modprobe them |
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> while doing `tail -F /var/log/messages`. The kernel (udev) will create the |
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> appropriate /dev entries upon successful modprobe. |
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> In order for your user to be registered as a member of a group you have |
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> to log completely out (including your X session) and back in. You can |
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> verify your group memberships with the groups command. Judging from |
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> what you've said I bet it was merely an issue of adding your user to the |
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> scanner or usb group. My experience with usb scanners is they generally |
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> just work whereas when I start up my SCSI scanner I always have to |
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> remodprobe the kernel drivers and then `chown :scanner /dev/sg? && |
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> chmod 0770 /dev/sg?`, but there's probably a better (right) way to do |
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> that. :-) |
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> Justin |
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Hello,user is in the plugdev and lp groups too? |
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Regards |
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