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On 18 Feb 2014 07:57, "Brad Rogers" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 22:54:16 +0000
> Grant Phillips-Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Grant,
>
> >software for scanning as our MP280. This didn't seem to work unless you
> >either run it as root (or sudo it) or play around with permissions of
> >files
>
> In the past, when I've had problems using a scanner, it was because the
> user wasn't part of the scanner group(1). Maybe that's your problem?
>
> (1) Always happened if a scanner was *not* connected to the 'puter when
> installing an OS for the first time.
>
If memory serves me correctly then no, the user being in the right group isn't the problem with scangear.
It's been a while since I've used it as I have a standalone USB scanner that does play nicely, so I tend to use that instead.
Grant
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