From e5f47c5dab0b6b8bfa112d01dc5bc2ab909f9ab6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Henning Geinitz Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 17:31:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mentioned udev. --- ChangeLog | 1 + README.linux | 11 ++++++----- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 5178579f8..6222e2d4c 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ firmware locations. For the firmware paths for the artec_eplus48u, gt68xx, and snapscan backends variables were used. Bug #302590. * backend/.cvsignore: Added *.conf. + * README.linux: Mentioned udev. 2006-01-03 Henning Meier-Geinitz diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux index f39015e15..5cc6e2023 100644 --- a/README.linux +++ b/README.linux @@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ attention. So if scanimage -L lists your scanner as root but not as normal user read on this text. The device files used by libusb are located in /proc/bus/usb/ -(e.g. /proc/bus/usb/001/003). The exact file name can be found out by running -sane-find-scanner which would print "libusb:001:003" in this case. While -setting permissions with e.g. "chmod a+rw /proc/bus/usb/001/003" works, -this change is not permanent. The permissions will be reset when the scanner is -replugged or Linux is rebooted. +(e.g. /proc/bus/usb/001/003) or in /dev/bus/usb/ (e.g. /dev/bus/usb/001/003), if +you use udev. The exact file name can be found out by running sane-find-scanner +which would print "libusb:001:003" in this case. While setting permissions with +e.g. "chmod a+rw /proc/bus/usb/001/003" works, this change is not permanent. +The permissions will be reset when the scanner is replugged or Linux is +rebooted. One solution to set permissions on-the-fly are the Linux hot-plug tools that should come with any current distribution. Your distribution should have set up