From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 4 03:48:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03763106568A for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2011 03:48:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B35128FC1F for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2011 03:48:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p743miNQ016036; Wed, 3 Aug 2011 21:48:44 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id p743min7016033; Wed, 3 Aug 2011 21:48:44 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 21:48:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Antonio Olivares In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:48:44 -0600 (MDT) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: help setup an HP 3300C scanner X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:48:45 -0000 On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: > This as root though, but as simple user cannot do much :(, again xsane > tells me that no devices were found :( > > Suggestions/Advice/comments are welcome and appreciated. To hit some relevant points... The uscanner device is gone, no longer needed with FreeBSD-8. devfs.conf hasn't been effective for dynamic devices for me. Copying the clever technique from sysutils/scanbuttond/pkg-message.in, I use devd.conf to detect the scanner attach and detach devices and change permissions and do whatever else is necessary. Scanner users are a member of the saned group. # WB # detect Epson Perfection 1640SU scanner and start scanbuttond attach 20 { device-name "ugen[0-9].[0-9]"; match "vendor" "0x04b8"; match "product" "0x010a"; action "usb_devaddr=`echo $device-name | sed 's#^ugen##'` && \ chown root:saned /dev/usb/${usb_devaddr}.* && \ chmod 0660 /dev/usb/${usb_devaddr}.* && \ su saned -c '/usr/local/bin/scanbuttond \ -s /usr/local/etc/scanbuttond/buttonpressed.sh \ -S /usr/local/etc/scanbuttond/initscanner.sh \ -b /usr/local/lib/libscanbtnd-backend_epson.so'"; }; # WB # remove Epson Perfection 1640SU uscanner0 link and stop scanbuttond detach 20 { device-name "ugen[0-9].[0-9]"; match "vendor" "0x04b8"; match "product" "0x010a"; action "/usr/bin/pkill scanbuttond"; };