Bug 76757 - xsane requires root priv to access scanner
Summary: xsane requires root priv to access scanner
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kudzu
Version: 8.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-10-25 23:01 UTC by Adam Kropelin
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:32 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-09-23 19:38:53 UTC
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Description Adam Kropelin 2002-10-25 23:01:39 UTC
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Description of problem:
When running xsane as a mortal user it gives an error: "Failed to open device
'sm3600:1/3': Error during device I/O.". Running as root (and ignoring xsane's
warnings about the dangers of doing so) solves the problem. Scanner is a USB
Microtek ScanMaker 3600, FWIW.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xsane-0.84-8

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log in as a normal user and start X
2. Start xsane
3. Accept license agreement

	

Actual Results:  Error message cited above appears in a pop-up.

Expected Results:  Xsane main window should appear.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2002-11-07 14:03:27 UTC
If you make a symlink /dev/scanner pointing to the right device, this should
work fine.

It would be nice if kudzu did this for you I guess.

Comment 2 Forrest 2003-03-08 05:27:04 UTC
I had to add a script that changed the permissions of the device.  I create a
file called /etc/hotplug/usb/sm3600 containing:

#!/bin/bash
cd /etc/hotplug
. hotplug.functions
mesg setting permissions of $DEVICE
chmod a+rw $DEVICE

Then make this file executable (`chmod a+rx /etc/hotplug/usb/sm3600`).  This
works for me, but the /dev/scanner symlink doesn't seem to work.


Comment 3 Joerg Skottke 2004-03-21 15:23:56 UTC
Annoying thing. Add me to cc

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2005-09-23 19:38:53 UTC
Some of this was handled by USB hotplug scripts in later releases. For the
Fedora Core development stream, handling of this is done/needs to be done via
udev rules. Closing as WONTFIX for kudzu, as this is handled elsewhere in
current releases.


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