john connolly wrote:

> Hi
> I recently did a fresh install of slack 11.0 and I'm still ironing things
> out. I hope this is the last request I have to make about the setup.
> At present I can only use xsane as root. I had this problem under slack
> 10.2 until I changed permission on the correct /proc/bus/usb file. That
> didn't work this time.
> Also there is no /dev/usb/scanner file present, although I don't know if
> there should be one or not. The only file there is /dev/usb/lp0.
> Advice would be appreciated.
> jwc

Try to start xsane from a terminal. Tell us what error messages you get, it
any.

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