On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:25:45 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote: > It works, but is exactly like xsane, it asks for the root > password before finding the scanner :-(. > > On the other hand, if I hit "cancel" instead of giving the > password, it is still able to scan, so something strange > is going on behind the scenes. Found it! https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=263182 I no longer have an hp scanner or printer, so I removed libsane-hpaio and hplip and no longer get the $@!# root prompt in xsane or simple-scan _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure