Ubuntu
sane-backends package

  1. Bug #205496 (xsane-needroot)
  2. Comment #26

Comment 26 for bug 205496

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 205496] Re: [Hardy]Xsane needs root to operate scanner

Hi Bruce,

Bruce Crowther [2008-05-16 3:33 -0000]:
> I have now got the latest version of Hardy installed, with all
> current updates, User is in the scanner group, and I still have to
> use "sudo xsane".

The scanner group does not help any more, we have a more dynamic
system now. Can you please open a terminal and copy&paste the output
of

  ck-list-sessions
  lshal > /tmp/hal.txt

and attach /tmp/hal.txt here?