On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:21:11 -0500, BG (Bob) wrote: > In an off-list discussion with "g" I realized that I could run > another "virgin" instance of F-16/64 from the XFCE Live Spin on > the flash drive, the same one these installations are derived > from. Why did it take so long to think of that? Old age perhaps? > > I had to install xsane, tried that, got the same error message > about no device available until I installed "yum -y install > sane-backends-drivers-scanners." > > Once that was done on box9 the HP-5370c scanner works as User > bobg as it always has. I've just learned that systemd would log an error when it fails to set the device node ACL. So, grep ACL /var/log/messages should tell. If no such messages related to your scanner USB device turn up, the OS has failed earlier. -- Fedora release 16 (Verne) - Linux 3.2.7-1.fc16.x86_64 loadavg: 1.26 0.66 0.25 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
