[8.10] xsane not working as normal user works as root. How to fix?
I've just installed an USB scanner with its front-end, back-end and related firmware file.
I've already used this very scanner with Kubuntu 8.04 with no problem.
What happens is that by launching xsane (either from the menu or from a console shell) I get a dialog saying:
Failed to opern device `v4l:/dev/video0': Invalid argument
I've checked the device:
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 2009-03-09 08:27 /dev/video0
as well as my own current memberships:
uid=1000(uqbar) gid=1000(uqbar)
groups=
The latter seem to be compatible with the former.
If I run the xsane frontend from the shell with "sudo" I get the application working but running as root, which is not a good thing accordingly to the application itself.
So it'd be a permission problem, but I have no clue which one.
Any hint?
Thanks.
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