Mark Stewart wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> > > login as user:
> > > -nothing works
> > > loging as root:
> > > -terminal-> 'xscanimage' doesn't work
> > > -desktop applauncher->xscanimage *does* work
> > >
> > > That doesn't seem right. Is it?
> > >
>
> >
> > You have stated it succinctly: That doesn't seem right. But, it is! I
> > have _no_ explanation nor theory, except that obviously permissions
> > somewhere need to be reset.
>
> Well, even the permissions thing doesn't seem right. su'ing to root gives
> you the permissions you need. If it doesn't there's something *deeply* wrong
> with the system or there is a environment variable in a init file that
> doesn't get run when you simply doesn't get run.
>
> About the desktop-applauncher, how is this setup? Are there additional
> arguments being passed to xscanimage from it? There must be something
> different there for the it work when running the same program from the
> terminal fails.
Here is the applauncher:
#xscanimage.kdelnk
#KDE Config File
[KDE Desktop Entry]
Name[fi]=X Scanimage
Comment[C]=Scanner frontend
SwallowTitle=
SwallowExec=
WmCommand=
BinaryPattern=
Name=X Scanimage
MiniIcon=kjots.xpm
Protocols=
Name[C]=X Scanimage
MimeType=
Name[de]=X Scanimage
Exec=/usr/X11R6/bin/xscanimage
Icon=kcmscsi.xpm
TerminalOptions=
Path=
Type=Application
Terminal=0
>
> Also, can you tell me which driver is being used?
aic7xxx is the driver. Seems to work with SCSI_MOD.
>
> I tried this morning to login directly as root and ran xscanimage (albeit
> from a console) and got the usual hung scanner.
>
> Thanks very much, Bob. I'm *so* jealous of your success with nearly the same
> equipment. Perhaps I should start looking around for a 1220S...
>
> ::mark
Mark, I wish I could help you more, but if I already knew what was going
on, I wouldn't need so much help myself ;-).
Bob Eaton
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