Ubuntu
sane-backends package

  1. Bug #205496 (xsane-needroot)
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 205496

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canucked (canucked) wrote :

I noticed this same problem yesterday and commented on this bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/181129

I've also noticed other similar bug reports:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xsane/+bug/205628
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/121082

My scanner, HP Laserjet 3055 printer/scanner, worked fine in Gutsy. I did a clean install of Hardy beta and found that xsane required root.

This morning I installed HAL updates (hal/libhal-storage1/libhal1 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu2 to 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3). I then went to System->Administration->Users and Groups. I found that my user (the first and only one) did not have Scanner privileges, so I enabled it. After rebooting, xsane no longer requires root to recognize the scanner. I was able to successfully save a scanned image.

However, xsane is giving a new error when closing:
Failed to create file: Permission denied.

Thanks!