Scanner Setting for normal user

Mandriva2010

1. Open /etc/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules

2. Add the following 2 lines at the last of the device entry. (just before "# The following rule...")

 # Brother 
 ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes" 

3. Restart the OS.

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Redhat 9

1. Open "/etc/fstab"

2. Add or modify a line for /proc/bus/usb as follows.

none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0

3. umount /proc/bus/usb

4. mount /proc/bus/usb

5. mknod -m 666 /dev/usbscanner c 180 48

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Ubuntu 10.10, 11.4, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10

1. Click here to download the file.(brother-udev-rule-type1-1.0.0-1.all.deb, ver.1.0.0-1, 2KB)

2. Run the command.

Command: dpkg -i brother-udev-rule-type1-1.0.0-1.all.deb

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Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.4, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10

1. Open "/lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules" file.

2. Add the following two lines to the end of the device list. (Before the line "# The following rule will disable ..."):
If there is "LABEL="libsane_rules_end"", add the following 2 lines before "LABEL="libsane_rules_end"".

The lines to be added---------------------------

# Brother scanners
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
 

3. Restart the OS.

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Ubuntu 9.04

1. Open "/lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules" file.

2. Edit "0664" to "0666" in "libusb device nodes" section.

Before the edit---------------------------------

# libusb device nodes
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device",   ...   , MODE="0664"

After the edit----------------------------------

# libusb device nodes
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device",   ...   , MODE="0666"

3. Restart the OS.

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Ubuntu 8.04/8.04.1, 8.10

1. Open "/etc/udev/rules.d/40-basic-permissions.rules" file.

2. Edit "0664" to "0666" in "USB devices" section.

Before the edit---------------------------------

# USB devices (usbfs replacement)
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", MODE="0664"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device",                MODE="0664"

After the edit----------------------------------

# USB devices (usbfs replacement)
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device",                MODE="0666"

3. Restart the OS.

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Ubuntu 7.10, 7.04, 6.10, 6.06

1. Open "/etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules"

2. Add the following 2 lines before "LABEL="libsane_rules_end"":

The lines to be added---------------------------

#Brother
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9",MODE="666",GROUP="scanner"

3. Restart the OS.

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Debian 6

1. Open "/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules" as a super-user

2. Add the following two lines to the end of the device list. (Before the line "# The following rule will disable ..."):

The lines to be added---------------------------

# Brother scanner
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", MODE="0664", GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

3. Restart the OS.

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Debian 5

1. Open "/etc/udev/rules.d/z60_libsane.rules"

2. Add the following two lines to the end of the device list. (Before the line "# The following rule will disable ..."):

The lines to be added---------------------------

# Brother
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9", MODE="0666", GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

3. Restart the OS.

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Debian 4

1. Open "/etc/udev/rules.d/025_libsane.rules"

2. Add the following 2 lines before 'LABEL="libsane_rules_end"':

The lines to be added---------------------------

#Brother
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9",MODE="666",GROUP="scanner"

3. Restart the OS.

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Debian 3

1. Open "/etc/fstab"

2. Add or modify a line for /proc/bus/usb as follows.

none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0

3. umount /proc/bus/usb

4. mount /proc/bus/usb

5. mknod -m 666 /dev/usbscanner c 180 48

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openSUSE11.2

1. Open "/etc/udev/rules.d/55-libsane.rules"

2. Add the following 2 lines at the last of the device entry. (just before "# The following rule...")

# Brother
ATTR{idVendor}=="04f9", MODE="0664", GROUP="lp", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

3. Restart the OS.

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openSUSE 11.1

1. Open "/etc/udev/rules.d/55-libsane.rules"

2. Add 2 lines for Brother products.

The lines to be added---------------------------------

#Brother
ATTR{idVendor}=="04f9", MODE="0666", GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

3. Restart the OS.

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openSUSE 11.0

1. Open "/etc/udev/rules.d/55-libsane.rules"

2. Add 2 lines for Brother products.

The lines to be added---------------------------------

#Brother
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9", MODE="0666", GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

3. Restart the OS.

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openSUSE 10.3, 10.2, 10.1

1. Open "/etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules"

2. Edit "0644" to "0666" in "libusb device access" section.

Before the edit---------------------------------

# libusb device access
SUBSYSTEM== ...... , MODE="0644"

After the edit----------------------------------

# libusb device access
SUBSYSTEM== ...... , MODE="0666"

3. Restart the OS.

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openSUSE 10.0, 9.3, 9.2, 9.1

1. Open "/etc/fstab"

2. Add or modify a line for /proc/bus/usb as follows.

none /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0

3. umount /proc/bus/usb

4. mount /proc/bus/usb

5. mknod -m 666 /dev/usbscanner c 180 48

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Fedora 17, 16, 15, 14, 13

1. Click here to download the file.(brother-udev-rule-type1-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm, ver.1.0.0-1, 4KB)

2. Run the command.

Command: rpm -ihv brother-udev-rule-type1-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm

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Fedora 16, 15, 14, 13, 12

1. Open"/lib/udev/rules.d/65-libsane.rules"

2. Add the following 2 lines at the last of the device entry. (just before "# The following rule...").

# Brother
   ATTR{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

3. Restart the OS.

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Fedora 11

1. Create "/lib/udev/51-local.rules"

2. Write the following 2 lines to the file.

The lines to be added---------------------------

# Brother
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ACTION=="add", ATTR{idVendor}=="04f9", SYMLINK+="scanner-%k", MODE="0666"

3. Restart the OS.

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Fedora 10, 9

1. Create "/etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules"

2. Write the following 4 lines to the file.

The lines to be added---------------------------

SUBSYSTEM!="usb_device", ACTION!="add", GOTO="_end"
# Brother
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9", SYMLINK+="scanner-%k"
LABEL="_end"

3. Restart the OS.

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Fedora 8

1. Open "/etc/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules".

2. Add the following line at 2 locations.

The line to be added----------------------------

ATTR{idVendor}=="04f9", SYMLINK+="scanner-%k" 

Location 1; Before the following line

# END scanner rules for SUBSYSTEM=="usb"

Location 2: Before the following line

# END scanner rules for SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device"

3. Restart the OS.

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Fedora 7, 6 and 5

1. Open "/etc/udev/ruled.d/60-libsane.rules"

2. Add the following 2 lines before 'LABEL="libsane_rules_end"'.

The lines to be added---------------------------

#Brother
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9", SYMLINK+="scanner-%k"

3. Restart the OS.

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Fedora 4, 3

1. Open "/etc/fstab"

2. Add or modify a line for /proc/bus/usb as follows.

none /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0

3. umount /proc/bus/usb

4. mount /proc/bus/usb

5. mknod -m 666 /dev/usbscanner c 180 48

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