Comment 10 for bug 578620

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On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Jeruvy <email address hidden> wrote:

> I'm going to update this to confirmed as many folks have reported it and
> I can confirm it also.
>
>
> ** Changed in: xsane (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
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> Title:
> Failed to open device `brother3:bus1;dev1': Invalid argument
>
> Status in “xsane” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xsane
>
> When I try to run xsane as a regular use, a dialog pops up with
> "Failed to open device `brother3:bus1;dev1': Invalid argument" in it
> and the only option is to close it.
>
> If I run xsane as root (i.e. sudo xsane) everything works properly.
>
> Of course, having to run xsane as root is just a dangerous hack and
> should not be necessary.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: xsane 0.996-2ubuntu1.1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Mon May 10 23:14:16 2010
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_CA.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: xsane
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