On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Laura DeWitt wrote:
> sh-2.03$ scanimage -d canon:/dev/scanner
> [sanei_init_debug]: Setting debug level of canon to 128.
> [canon] >> sane_init
> [canon] sane_init: sane 1.0.1
> [canon] >> attach_one
> [canon] >> attach
> [canon] attach: opening /dev/scanner
> [canon] attach: open failed: Access to resource has been denied
> [canon] << attach_one
> [canon] << sane_init
> [canon] >> sane_open
> scanimage: open of device canon:/dev/scanner failed: Invalid argument
> [canon] >> sane_exit
> [canon] << sane_exit
Hi, Laura.
It sounds like a problem with the permissions of /dev/scanner.
Try (as root):
chmod 777 /dev/scanner /dev/sg*
Then try scanimage again (not as root).
If it still fails, send me the output of:
ls -l /dev/scanner /dev/sg*
and
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