okay, I'm getting somewhere. I didn't have the hotplug daemon installed
on my system, which was keeping the "modprobe scanner" from working.
but now "modprobe" works! (thanks scott for the hint)
"sane-find-scanner" still doesn't find my usb scanner though, and below
is the output of "dmesg | grep". I have a usb flash card reader
installed aslo (that works fine). no driver is claiming the Epson
scanner (though I have the plustek driver installed). also, what could
be causing the message "unable to get major 180 for usb devices"?
Thanks for your ideas, I think I'm almost there!
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localhost root # dmesg | grep usb
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xe0825000, IRQ 17
usb-ohci.c: usb-00:0b.1, NEC Corporation USB (#2)
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x11d) is not claimed by any active
driver.
usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xe0827000, IRQ 16
usb-ohci.c: usb-00:0b.0, NEC Corporation USB
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
usb.c: registered new driver usbscanner
usb.c: registered new driver usblp
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
usb.c: unable to get major 180 for usb devices
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: deregistering driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 17:31:20 Apr 20 2003
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
usb.c: registered new driver usbscanner
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:11.2-1 address 2
usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x11d) is not claimed by any active
driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:11.2-1 address 3
usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x11d) is not claimed by any active
driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:11.2-1 address 4
usb.c: USB device 5 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x11d) is not claimed by any active
driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:11.2-1 address 5
usb.c: USB device 6 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x11d) is not claimed by any active
driver.
usb.c: deregistering driver usbscanner
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