From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yi0-f42.google.com (mail-yi0-f42.google.com [209.85.218.42]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5935C1A0AC for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:40:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: by yib12 with SMTP id 12so2808311yib.29 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:40:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.47.25 with SMTP id u25mr2826228ybu.260.1316738444462; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:40:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linlap.wavecable.com (76-14-154-236.rk.wavecable.com. [76.14.154.236]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z1sm35549121anb.18.2011.09.22.17.40.41 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:40:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:40:33 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Socrates-and-An Easier OCR? Message-ID: <20110923004033.GA3967@linlap.wavecable.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20110916111221.GA802@linlap.wavecable.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:40:43 -0000 On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 01:44:52PM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote: > Hi Steve, > You should be able to get your Epson to scan using sane. > Is it USB? Yes. > What happens if you give the command: > scanimage -L > under the console in Linux? I get the following. Script started on Thu 22 Sep 2011 05:34:19 PM PDT steve@linlap ~$ scanimage -L No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). steve@linlap ~$ sane-find-scanner # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/001/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/001/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x013a [EPSON Scanner]) at libusb:001:002 libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/002/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/002/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/002/002: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/002/002: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/003/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/003/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/004/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/004/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/005/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/005/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/006/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/006/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/007/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/007/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/008/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/008/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes. # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. # Not checking for parallel port scanners. # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports # can't be detected by this program. # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as # necessary. steve@linlap ~$ exit exit OK, I see that I should have done this as root. Anyway, I do know the USB connection is good because there were a couple lines showed up in dmesg but said nothing about a scanner; just that a new usb device was connected. Script done on Thu 22 Sep 2011 05:35:33 PM PDT