2:58 p.m.
I have a network scanner. Every time I start xsane, it thinks a bit,
then prompts me for the root password, then finally the xsane
windows come up and I can scan.
Is there any magic I can do to avoid that root prompt? I can't
imagine I have to be root to connect to a network device.
6:50 p.m.
On 10/30/21 12:58, Tom Horsley wrote:
I have a network scanner. Every time I start xsane, it thinks a bit,
then prompts me for the root password, then finally the xsane
windows come up and I can scan.
Is there any magic I can do to avoid that root prompt? I can't
imagine I have to be root to connect to a network device.
Hi Tom,
Not what you asked, BUT WHEN DOES THAT STOP ME!!!
I stopped using xsane years ago becasue it is so
awkward. I have been using Simple Scan. It is
a gazillions times easier to use.
# dnf install simple-scan
Here is how to get it to work on a network:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=196697
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=143325
-T
My request for an new name for sane, following
the CUPS convention:
Common Unix Scanning System.
CUSS for short.
What ???
9:25 a.m.
On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:50:23 -0700
ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
# dnf install simple-scan
Here is how to get it to work on a network:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=196697
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=143325
It works, but is exactly like xsane, it asks for the root
password before finding the scanner :-(.
On the other hand, if I hit "cancel" instead of giving the
password, it is still able to scan, so something strange
is going on behind the scenes.
9:48 a.m.
On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:25:45 -0400
Tom Horsley wrote:
It works, but is exactly like xsane, it asks for the root
password before finding the scanner :-(.
On the other hand, if I hit "cancel" instead of giving the
password, it is still able to scan, so something strange
is going on behind the scenes.
Found it! https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=263182
I no longer have an hp scanner or printer, so I removed
libsane-hpaio and hplip and no longer get the $@!# root
prompt in xsane or simple-scan
6:22 p.m.
On 10/31/21 07:48, Tom Horsley wrote:
On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:25:45 -0400
Tom Horsley wrote:
> It works, but is exactly like xsane, it asks for the root
> password before finding the scanner :-(.
>
> On the other hand, if I hit "cancel" instead of giving the
> password, it is still able to scan, so something strange
> is going on behind the scenes.
Found it! https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=263182
I no longer have an hp scanner or printer, so I removed
libsane-hpaio and hplip and no longer get the $@!# root
prompt in xsane or simple-scan
Awesome troubleshooting! :-)
9:41 a.m.
On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:48:12 -0400
Tom Horsley wrote:
Found it! https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=263182
I no longer have an hp scanner or printer, so I removed
libsane-hpaio and hplip and no longer get the $@!# root
prompt in xsane or simple-scan
AARGH! Apparently my brother printer needs something in hplip
to work, so I reinstalled and changed my after-dfn-hooks script
to add: "rm -f /etc/sane.d/dll.d/hpaio" to remove the annoying
file when it gets recreated by some update.
DNF hooks described here:
https://tomhorsley.com/game/Mjolnir.html
3:17 p.m.
On 2021-11-01 07:41, Tom Horsley wrote:
On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:48:12 -0400
Tom Horsley wrote:
> Found it! https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=263182
>
> I no longer have an hp scanner or printer, so I removed
> libsane-hpaio and hplip and no longer get the $@!# root
> prompt in xsane or simple-scan
AARGH! Apparently my brother printer needs something in hplip
to work, so I reinstalled and changed my after-dfn-hooks script
to add: "rm -f /etc/sane.d/dll.d/hpaio" to remove the annoying
file when it gets recreated by some update.
That doesn't make sense. Which drivers are you using?
4 p.m.
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:17:11 -0700
Samuel Sieb wrote:
That doesn't make sense. Which drivers are you using?
Whatever I found when I first installed it years ago :-). Looking
in printers.conf I see this:
MakeModel Brother HL-2040 Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e
Or maybe that's what the brother installer or cups itself decided to use.
Anyway I guess that explains why it needs hplip.
4:06 p.m.
On 2021-11-01 14:00, Tom Horsley wrote:
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:17:11 -0700
Samuel Sieb wrote:
> That doesn't make sense. Which drivers are you using?
Whatever I found when I first installed it years ago :-). Looking
in printers.conf I see this:
MakeModel Brother HL-2040 Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e
Or maybe that's what the brother installer or cups itself decided to use.
Anyway I guess that explains why it needs hplip.
That would explain it. You might want to look into using the actual
Brother drivers instead.
12:57 a.m.
On 31/10/2021 03:58, Tom Horsley wrote:
I have a network scanner. Every time I start xsane, it thinks a bit,
then prompts me for the root password, then finally the xsane
windows come up and I can scan.
Is there any magic I can do to avoid that root prompt? I can't
imagine I have to be root to connect to a network device.
What type of scanner do you have and how is it networked?
--
On Facebook it is called Vaguebooking.
7:07 a.m.
On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:57:33 +0800
Ed Greshko wrote:
> Is there any magic I can do to avoid that root prompt? I
can't
> imagine I have to be root to connect to a network device.
What type of scanner do you have and how is it networked?
It is an old Epson Artisan 725 which can't print any longer, but
can still scan. I'm using the wifi built in to it.
9:08 a.m.
On 31/10/2021 20:07, Tom Horsley wrote:
On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:57:33 +0800
Ed Greshko wrote:
>> Is there any magic I can do to avoid that root prompt? I can't
>> imagine I have to be root to connect to a network device.
> What type of scanner do you have and how is it networked?
It is an old Epson Artisan 725 which can't print any longer, but
can still scan. I'm using the wifi built in to it.
OK, I thought maybe it was a USB scanner being connected via CUPS.
If you give the root pw, scan, and then quit xsane and then restart xsane does it ask for
the
root pw again?
--
On Facebook it is called Vaguebooking.
9:18 a.m.
On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 22:08:33 +0800
Ed Greshko wrote:
If you give the root pw, scan, and then quit xsane and then restart
xsane does it ask for the
root pw again?
Yep, asks every time. I did find some ancient entries down in ~/.sane
for many older scanners I used once upon a time, so I deleted them
since maybe it is trying to see if one of them still exists, but it
still asks for the root password every time.
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