xsane can't see my scanner unless I'm root

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 26 July 2012 06:43:17 Amedee Van Gasse did opine:

> On Thu, July 26, 2012 03:37, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Wednesday 25 July 2012 21:26:48 rikona did opine:
> >> Hello Gene,
> >> 
> >> Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 1:22:08 PM, Gene wrote:
> >> >> Is this a udev issue?
> >> > 
> >> > Update: It was. I borrowed a udev file from a pclos install,
> >> > restarted udev, and its working.
> >> 
> >> If you know exactly what part made it work, please post it. Some time
> >> ago I plugged in a scanner, didn't work, fiddled a bit, than plugged
> >> it into a Win box - worked fine, so I left it there.
> >> 
> >> But - it would be nice to get a bit of info re solved scanner
> >> problems. I prefer Linux if possible...
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> > 
> > So do I Rikona, but I doubt the server would pass that file if I
> > attached it, its like 89 kilobytes.
> > 
> > FWIW, heres an ls -l of that dir.
> > gene at coyote:/etc/udev/rules.d$ ls -l
> > total 100
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 85808 2011-07-10 13:31 60-libsane.rules
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   848 2012-06-25 14:47 70-persistent-cd.rules
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   605 2012-06-25 14:25 70-persistent-net.rules
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   101 2010-07-27 21:03 99-rtai.rules
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1157 2010-04-19 05:30 README
> > 
> > It is the 60-libsane.rules that I "borrowed".  Perhaps it needs added
> > to the sane package?  I suspect if it was to be added, that would put
> > a stop to the barrage of "my scanner doesn't work" mewling by wannabe
> > windows escapees?
> > 
> > Tell you what, I'll put a copy on my web page, look in the
> > Genes-os9-stf sublink at the address below.  Done, be my guest.
> 
> I have an even better idea: open a bug report on Launchpad, write your
> observations and your workaround, and attach your file there. That way
> it will get fixed in a next release of Ubuntu so EVERYONE can benefit.
> 
> One would say that it's even your moral obligation to file a bug report.
> Ubuntu has given you so much, isn't it time to give something back? ;-)

All well and good, except where the hell is the button to start entering a 
new bug?  This is the same situation I was in the last time I waded through 
the launchpad login process quite some time back, and of course I'd 
forgotten that password, so I had to screw around 10 minutes changing it 
before I could log in.  I didn't enter a report the last time either.

It appears I can read some of the popular bugs, or see the most recent half 
a dozen fixes, but as far as being able to "contribute", I couldn't find a 
place to start the last time, and there isn't one this time.

There is nothing I have less time for than a purported bug reporting site 
that doesn't let you report a bug.  Feigning a high interest in bug 
reports, and promoting the site, but making sure no one can actually report 
a bug is one way to generate statistics about a low bug count I guess.

I'll stick around, logged in, at <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+index#>
for a while (unless there is an automatic logout for inactivity) in case 
somebody knows the magic invocation to actually enter a bug.

Its your call Ubuntu, I've done the dance.

Cheers, Gene
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