Re: can't recognize scanner

Andreas Kraska (andreas.kraska@hbs.regiocom.net)
Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:33:36 +0200 (MET DST)

Craig Allen wrote:

> I can use find-scanner and I get this:
>
> # find-scanner
> find-scanner: found scanner "Nikon COOLSCANIII 1.20" at device /dev/scanner
> find-scanner: found scanner "Nikon COOLSCANIII 1.20" at device /dev/sgd
>
> (I think I had to manually link scanner to sgd)
> so find-scanner finds something (under both Linux & OS/2)
>
> now, when I use scanimage -L, it only shows the pnm devices, no real devices.

Do you have permissions to read/write on the devices /dev/sg* ,
/dev/scanner?
Who is owner/group of /dev/sg*, /dev/scanner ?

Andreas

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