Re: fc3t1 can't find usb scanner

[Jim Cornette <fct-cornette sbcglobal net>]

Gerry Tool wrote:
> The scanner situation seems to be worsening.  After following a thread 
> when installing FC2, I finally got my Epson Perfection 1240U scanner 
> working.
>
> In fc3t1, the commands sane-find-scanner and scanimage -L executed 
> either as user or root turn up no scanner.
>
> Can anyone else confirm this?  Any hints on hot to get it to work?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Gerry Tool

It works the same as for FC2 did for me. This is an upgraded system 
without SELinux active.

Are there any avc errors reported in dmesg?

This might be a fresh install bug or policy setup issue.

Jim

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[jim cornette-fc2 jim]$ sane-find-scanner
 ...
found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [Hewlett-Packard], product=0x0505 [HP 
ScanJet 2100C], chip=LM9831) at libusb:001:006
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be 
supported by
  ...
[jim cornette-fc2 jim]$ scanimage -L
device `plustek:libusb:001:006' is a Hewlett-Packard Scanjet 2100c USB 
flatbed scanner