On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:25:45 -0400
Tom Horsley wrote:
> It works, but is exactly like xsane, it asks for the root
> password before finding the scanner :-(.
>
> On the other hand, if I hit "cancel" instead of giving the
> password, it is still able to scan, so something strange
> is going on behind the scenes.
Found it!
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=263182
I no longer have an hp scanner or printer, so I removed
libsane-hpaio and hplip and no longer get the $@!# root
prompt in xsane or simple-scan