+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #29757 +++ $ rpm -qf /usr/bin/startx xinit-1.3.0-alt1 $ If I log in through a dm, or on the linux console, I can discover the scanner. But not after startx from linux console. https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28353#c4
Similar problems (with a solution): http://pleonasm.info/blog/2012/10/startx-consolekit-and-xfce-4.8-in-wheezy/ (I'm using Xfce, too -- from SimplyLinux.)
http://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/devel/2009-December/178249.html
https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17378