Re: scanner problem

[Jeff <professorwagstaff@gmail.com>]

Andrew J. Barr wrote:
> On 8/5/07, Jeff <professorwagstaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
> > My Cannon Lide 20 scanner does not work on Etch. It only works if i
> > start it as root. Is there an easy way to fix this?
> > Thanks
> > Jeff
> >     
>
> You need to add yourself to the 'scanner' group. As root, run:
>
> gpasswd -a <username> scanner
>
> <username> being your username.
>
>   
Many thanks that worked! (after i logged out and in)