[ltp] USB scanner under Linux

Teemu Nikkilä linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:02:16 +0200


On Tuesday, 14. November 2006 01:58, Richard Neill wrote:

> >
> > scanimage -L doesn't detect it:
> > No scanners were identified.
> >
> > xsane doesn't detect it:
> > no devices available
> >
>
> Perhaps you need to copy the Windows firmware blob somewhere that
> hotplug can find it?

I have a SnapScan based USB scanner which now only works as root. Check the 
firmware if that is needed and the config file and try scanning as root.

-Teemu

>
> Richard