I'm close, I think, but stuck. environment: Fedora 14, 2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686 GNOME HP ScanJet 3670 scanner works fine under WinXP connected to my Fedora Workstation (same cable, tried different USB ports): (mind you, there is no difference between root results and regular user running the commands) from dmesg: [ 2.992587] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=03f0, idProduct=1405 [ 2.992594] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=12 [ 2.992598] usb 2-2: Product: HP Scanjet Scanner [ 2.992601] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard [ 2.992604] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: CN399S289R in /etc/sane.d/genesys.conf # Hewlett Packard ScanJet 3670c/3690c usb 0x03f0 0x1405 [root@fedje ~]# sane-find-scanner ... found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x1405, chip=GL646_HP?) at libusb:002:002 ... [root@fedje ~]# scanimage --version scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.22; backend version 1.0.22 [root@fedje ~]# scanimage -L No scanners were identified. ... [root@fedje ~]# lsusb ... Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:1405 Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 3670 ... [root@fedje ~]# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices ... T: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=03f0 ProdID=1405 Rev= 1.00 S: Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard S: Product=HP Scanjet Scanner S: SerialNumber=CN399S289R C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 48mA I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none) E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=8ms ... the "I:" line in /proc/bus/usb/devices for the device, reports Driver=(none) I expect the problem lies there. Any pointers are appreciated -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html