canoscan 3000f

[Greg Madden]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:12:46 +1000
gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen <gabpaul at melbpc.org.au>
wrote:

> just inherited a canoscan 300f - in uncertain physical condition.
> 
> lsusb shows the correct device.
> 
> on power up the light shows and the head moved correctly.
> 
> in gimp (for example) attemtp to select the device with e.g. xsane
> failed to find the scanner.
> 
> I have sane-backend installed.
> 
> any suggestions about where to start would be appreciated...
> 

You could try using it as 'sudo/root'. if it works, then it is a
permissions issue.
-- 
Greg Madden