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I recently looked back at the answers to the scanner question I posted a while back, and found that whilst I can scan, I can only do so as root. How do I give myself permissions to use the scanner? I've had a look at the /dev folder, but can't see anything that is obviously a scanner... # scanimage -L device `epson:libusb:002:002' is a Epson Perfection1240 flatbed scanner # cd /dev # ls admmidi hda8 ram10 tty0 tty3 tty50 ttyS13 ttyS34 ttyS7 adsp hda9 ram11 tty1 tty30 tty51 ttyS14 ttyS35 ttyS8 agpgart hdc ram12 tty10 tty31 tty52 ttyS15 ttyS36 ttyS9 amidi initctl ram13 tty11 tty32 tty53 ttyS16 ttyS37 urandom audio input ram14 tty12 tty33 tty54 ttyS17 ttyS38 vcs cdrom kmem ram15 tty13 tty34 tty55 ttyS18 ttyS39 vcs1 cdrw kmsg ram2 tty14 tty35 tty56 ttyS19 ttyS4 vcs2 console log ram3 tty15 tty36 tty57 ttyS2 ttyS40 vcs3 core loop ram4 tty16 tty37 tty58 ttyS20 ttyS41 vcs4 dmmidi MAKEDEV ram5 tty17 tty38 tty59 ttyS21 ttyS42 vcs5 dsp mem ram6 tty18 tty39 tty6 ttyS22 ttyS43 vcs6 dvd midi ram7 tty19 tty4 tty60 ttyS23 ttyS44 vcs7 fd mixer ram8 tty2 tty40 tty61 ttyS24 ttyS45 vcsa fd0 net ram9 tty20 tty41 tty62 ttyS25 ttyS46 vcsa1 full null random tty21 tty42 tty63 ttyS26 ttyS47 vcsa2 hda port rtc tty22 tty43 tty7 ttyS27 ttyS48 vcsa3 hda1 ppp shm tty23 tty44 tty8 ttyS28 ttyS49 vcsa4 hda10 printer snd tty24 tty45 tty9 ttyS29 ttyS5 vcsa5 hda2 psaux sndstat tty25 tty46 ttyS0 ttyS3 ttyS50 vcsa6 hda3 ptmx stderr tty26 tty47 ttyS1 ttyS30 ttyS51 vcsa7 hda5 pts stdin tty27 tty48 ttyS10 ttyS31 ttyS52 xconsole hda6 ram0 stdout tty28 tty49 ttyS11 ttyS32 ttyS53 zero hda7 ram1 tty tty29 tty5 ttyS12 ttyS33 ttyS6 In the mean time I can always scan as root, but it would be more convenient not to have to... Anton -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.