I used the fix as per 9.04/10.04 from the Brother FAQ's: not successfully at first. Then I re-read line 2 of their instruction, and put the extra line in the right place, (it's also clearly indicated where to put it in the start of the file, if only I read the instructions ocasionally -
"# To add a USB device, add a rule to the list below between the
# LABEL="libsane_usb_rules_begin" and LABEL="libsane_usb_rules_end" lines."
Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04
1. Open "/lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules" file.
2.Add the following two lines to the end of the device list. (Before the line "# The following rule will disable ..."):
I used the fix as per 9.04/10.04 from the Brother FAQ's: not successfully at first. Then I re-read line 2 of their instruction, and put the extra line in the right place, (it's also clearly indicated where to put it in the start of the file, if only I read the instructions ocasionally - libsane_ usb_rules_ begin" and LABEL=" libsane_ usb_rules_ end" lines."
"# To add a USB device, add a rule to the list below between the
# LABEL="
Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04 rules.d/ 40-libsane. rules" file.
1. Open "/lib/udev/
2.Add the following two lines to the end of the device list. (Before the line "# The following rule will disable ..."):
The lines to be added-- ------- ------- ------- ----
# Brother scanners idVendor} =="04f9" , ENV{libsane_ matched} ="yes"
ATTRS{
And then restarted the system, and yay, the scanner works in Natty.