I know that this does not fix the bug, but FWIW it may help somebody. For now, this works for me:
make a file /etc/udev/rules.d/50-scanner-kludge.rules, containing: SYSFS{idVendor}=="04b8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0130", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner" (substitute your vendor and product numbers shown by sane-find-scanner) Add yourself to the scanners group. Unlike other suggestions on the web, I placed this in a new file so that it can be easily deleted when/if the root of the problem is fixed. -- [Hardy]Xsane needs root to operate scanner https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205496 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs