On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 02:27 +0000, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
> Precisely what is the reason xsane can't be used as non-root users?
>
> I have a usb-connected Brother all-in-one. In F8 I was able to use it as
> myself. No longer so in F9, with an I/O error which I suspect was due to
> the 660 permissions on the appropriate /dev/usb device. I can use it as
> root just fine.
>
> In what obscure udev/hal file do I have to change 660 to 666? I found
>
>
> ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sg[0-9]*", BUS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="3|6", SYMLINK
> +="scanner scanner-%k", MODE="0660"
>
> in /etc/udev/rules.d/40-redhat.rules
>
> Is this the right place? Should I?
>
> In fact, I just changed the permissions manually to /dev/usbdev* and I'm
> getting the same error:
>
> Failed to open device `brother2:bus4;dev2':
> Error during device I/O.
>
> Any help?
----
when all you have is a hammer, I guess that everything just looks like a
nail.
First link from www.google.com/linux
search terms 'Brother scanner USB udev'
linked this...
http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/linux_faq.html
Google is your friend. Hammering file system or files that will be
replaced by updates is counterproductive.
Craig
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