scanning only works under "sudo"

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Mar 15, 202633033 views

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When I try to scan, using simple-scan, the UI says . When I run it from the command line I get: FYI, I have already done: If I run under : it works. How can I get simple-scan to work without sudo?

Error Output

joel@home:/usr/bin$ simple-scan -d
** (simple-scan:6554): DEBUG: Starting Simple Scan 2.32.0.1, PID=6554
** (simple-scan:6554): DEBUG: Restoring wind…

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