Re: scanner problem

Hello Maryse
> My scanner a Mustek bearpaw 1200TA  (usb)used to work well but today I cannot 
> make it work. I get the mesage: failed to open device ´gt68xx:libusb:001:003´
>   

http://lists.mandriva.com/newbie/2007-06/msg00074.php says:

On Wednesday, 6 June 2007 14:44, Margot wrote:
 > M.Schild wrote:
 > >> Then type "su" with out the quotes,
 > >> and then type in your root password. Then type konqueror at the 
command
 > >> prompt. This will start the file manager konqueror in super user mode.
 > >> Then navigate to where you down loaded the file and copy it
 > >> to /usr/share/sane/gt68xx/.
 > >
 > > I got this far, thanks. But when I start xsane, i still have the same
 > > message: failed to open device ´gt68xx:libusb:001:003´
 > >
 > > I am afraid I don´t know much about Windows commands. I had a short 
trial
 > > with Win 98 years ago, reinstalled the thing 3 times then decided to
 > > switch to RH 7.1 to start with then went on to MDV. Still as ignorant,
 > > though, I am sorry to say. Perhaps because I have had so little 
troubles
 > > so far...
 >
 > Have you tried xsane as root? I seem to remember that I had to do
 > that with that scanner, though it's a long time ago & I don't
 > remember if I just had to run it *once* as root to get it set up, or
 > if I *always* had to run it as root!

I had the same problem once upon a time, and all I had to do was chmod 
644 on
the contents of /usr/share/sane/gt68xx/, and chmod 755 on the directory.



It looks as if history is repeating itself. *grin*
Maybe this helps?
Paul
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