Hello all, I have set a box for a friend running Kubuntu 16.04 with a brother MF7680DW multifunction printer/scanner attached via usb. I have installed the latest drivers from the Brother website and the printer works fine but the scanner is not found by any scanning program. Research indicates that there is a permissions issue error. The solution is to run |sudo chmod 666 /dev/bus/usb/001/002 |which fixes the usb bus permissions problem and the scanner is found. Am I able to place this command somewhere so that it is executed on startup? How do I overcome the issue of needing root access? Thanks Bob
Quoting Rohan McLeod (rhn@jeack.com.au):
Bob via luv-main wrote:
Hello all, I have set a box for a friend running Kubuntu 16.04 with a brother MF7680DW multifunction printer/scanner attached via usb.
Are you sure that model number is correct ; google can't seem to find it !
I suspect: Brother MFC-7860DW Compact Monochrome Laser All-in-One Printer (Note digit transposition.) There's some sort of dismal proprietary binary-only SANE driver from the manufacturer. (Personally, I regard that as the manufacturer telling you 'Hullo, you bought unwisely, and should sell this hardware to someone and buy a replacement supported by open source, but perhaps that's just me.)
On 06/17/2016 05:59 PM, Rick Moen via luv-main wrote:
Quoting Rohan McLeod (rhn@jeack.com.au):
Bob via luv-main wrote:
Hello all, I have set a box for a friend running Kubuntu 16.04 with a brother MF7680DW multifunction printer/scanner attached via usb. Are you sure that model number is correct ; google can't seem to find it ! I suspect: Brother MFC-7860DW Compact Monochrome Laser All-in-One Printer (Note digit transposition.)
There's some sort of dismal proprietary binary-only SANE driver from the manufacturer. (Personally, I regard that as the manufacturer telling you 'Hullo, you bought unwisely, and should sell this hardware to someone and buy a replacement supported by open source, but perhaps that's just me.)
_______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list luv-main@luv.asn.au https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main Just a wild guess, Bob, Would it help if the user was part of the scanner group?
Andrew Greig
Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote:
On 06/17/2016 05:59 PM, Rick Moen via luv-main wrote:
Quoting Rohan McLeod (rhn@jeack.com.au):
Bob via luv-main wrote:
Hello all, I have set a box for a friend running Kubuntu 16.04 with a brother MF7680DW multifunction printer/scanner attached via usb. Are you sure that model number is correct ; google can't seem to find it ! I suspect: Brother MFC-7860DW Compact Monochrome Laser All-in-One Printer (Note digit transposition.)
If it's that printer I am curious why the 'always-prone-to-losing' devices USB is being used instead of the more robust Ethernet (cable or wireless) option ? (Since IP can usually be locked to MAC address.) http://www.brother-usa.com/MFC/ModelDetail/4/MFC7860DW/spec regards Rohan McLeod
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