[nzlug] help with xsane

[Andrew Bruce]

Create a new icon, using the "run as property" and set it to run as root 
(I know KDE supports this, and probably Gnome.  Other desktop enviro's 
I've never had to do it in, so have never bothered trying).

You will still have to type in a password to be able to run the program, 
but at least it will stop you from having to switch to an alternative 
users session everytime.

The other alternative that will work from KDE is to run the command 
using 'kdesu'.  So it will be something like 'kdesu xsane' in the Run 
dialog or as your user in a command shell.  Doing the above fix in KDE 
will do the same, as it uses kdesu to run the program.

Andrew

brendon wrote:
>> Random thought 1:
>>
>> Run xsane from a root terminal so that only xsane is running as root, not
>> the whole gui. On my desktop it's System > More Applications > Terminal
>> Program - Super User Mode.
>>     
>
> get error gtk can't display window
>
>   
>> Random thought 2:
>>
>> chmod 666 /dev/usb/scanner0 (/dev/sg0 if you're using a scsi scanner and if
>> it's a parallel port scanner ask google 'cause I don't know)
>>
>>     
> the only devices i have there in the /dev/usb/ folder is lp0(my local printer) 
> and hiddev0
>   
>> Wayne
>>
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