Written by xens the 13 Sep 08 at 23:12.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13161 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13161 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by zohso the 10 Jan 10 at 14:29.

Understanding that it was a permissions issue with the dev/raw1394 file:
I logged in as root, changed the ownership of dev/raw1394 to myself, logged back into my account and it worked like a charm.

I just switched over to Kubuntu, which I do every few months, and for whatever reason the root account is locked. I had no problem doing:
sudo passwd root
to enable the root account in Ubuntu, but Kubuntu doesn't like it apparently. So I am back at square one.

***Rant***
For the record, it is little things like this and scanner support that keep Ubuntu from going mainstream.

Understanding that it was a permissions issue with the dev/raw1394 file: I logged in as root, changed the ownership of dev/raw1394 to myself, logged back into my account and it worked like a charm. I just switched over to Kubuntu, which I do every few months, and for whatever reason the root account is locked. I had no problem doing: sudo passwd root to enable the root account in Ubuntu, but Kubuntu doesn't like it apparently. So I am back at square one. ***Rant*** For the record, it is little things like this and scanner support that keep Ubuntu from going mainstream.