On Wednesday 07 March 2007 13:35:57 David Fellows wrote:
> > $ ls /etc/udev/rules.d
> > 05-udev-early.rules          60-vmware.rules
> > 75-persistent-net-generator.rules  99-libsane.rules
> > 50-udev.rules                70-persistent-cd.rules        
> > 92-scanner.rules 60-persistent-input.rules    70-persistent-net.rules    
> >    95-net.rules 60-persistent-storage.rules 
> > 75-cd-aliases-generator.rules
> > 99-libgphoto2.rules
> >
> > Rather more than your system, it seems!
>
> On my system I have /etc/udev/rules.d/99-libsane.rules which belongs to
> media-gfx/sane-backends-1.0.18-r2.
>
> I emerged xsane, sane-backends and sane-frontends and except for adding
> myself to the scanner group it "just worked". I have an Epson 1650 scanner.
> I don't use it much.
>
> Perhaps re-emerging the sane packages would clean things up.
>
I also have 99-libsane.rules owned by media-gfx/sane-backends-1.0.18-r2. This 
is the rules file which identifies the USB device as a scanner and sets the 
correct permissions so that is just works. Please try emerging it again and 
ensuring it is there.

Then run udevstart to apply the rules.

Marcus