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Problems!

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/problems.83588/

nileshgr
nileshgr Original post #1
Mar 26, 2008 at 11:38 AM
I am having two problems with my system -

1. I can't open some sites like drupal.org ; etc.

I am using OpenDNS. Opening the site through a proxy works. But on my system, even lynx doesn't open it. Just keeps loading......loading.....

How to solve this ?

2. My scanner is available to root only

I have a USB printer cum scanner.

I can print with my user account but only root account is able to scan.

Even when I run the sane-find-scanner with my user account, it doesn't detect my scanner ; but it works with root account.

some output -

User Account :

Code:
$ sane-find-scanner

  # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
  # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
  # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0, product=0x4d11) at libusb:003:007
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.

  # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you
  # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
  # necessary.

$ scanimage -L

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
Root Account:

Code:
# sane-find-scanner

  # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
  # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
  # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [HP], product=0x4d11 [PSC 1400 series]) at libusb:003:007
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.

# scanimage -L

device `hpaio:/usb/PSC_1400_series?serial=CN5CLC21S704BM' is a Hewlett-Packard PSC_1400_series all-in-one

HELP HELP HELP
M
Mar 26, 2008 at 12:20 PM
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23597
nileshgr
Mar 26, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Got it dude. You are telling that the title of the thread isn't correct.

don't you have any link to the solutions ??
M
Mar 26, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Prolly it's as simple as permissions for the device aren't right. Can you find that device in /dev directory? If yes, what are it's permissions?
nileshgr
Mar 26, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Prolly it's as simple as permissions for the device aren't right. Can you find that device in /dev directory? If yes, what are it's permissions?
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 2008-03-26 19:43 lp0

is the file in /dev/usb/
M
Mar 27, 2008 at 1:13 AM
Your problem is with printer or scanner?
nileshgr
Mar 27, 2008 at 6:47 AM
Your problem is with printer or scanner?
it is a AiO thingy. With my user account, printing works; but scanning with the same device doesn't work without root account.