hi! i've just bought an epson 1660 scanner, but i can't install it because it's not detected. i've tried to figure out what the problem is, and only found more problems. i use kernel 2.4.18 here is what i found, it really looks strange:
syslog: Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1 Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:04.2 Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:04.3 Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:0d.0 Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb400, IRQ 9 Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: hub.c: USB hub found Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:04.3 Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:04.2 Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:0d.0 Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb000, IRQ 9 Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: hub.c: USB hub found Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected Jan 14 18:54:51 maelwen kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbscanner when i try sane-find-scanner i get: sane-find-scanner: checking /dev/usbscanner... failed to open (status 4) sane-find-scanner: checking /dev/usbscanner0... failed to open (status 4) and syslog says: Jan 14 21:39:45 maelwen kernel: scanner.c: open_scanner(0): Unable to access minor data Jan 14 21:39:45 maelwen kernel: scanner.c: open_scanner(0): Unable to access minor data and ls -l /dev/u* : crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 32 Jul 5 2000 /dev/usbmouse crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 180, 48 Jan 14 19:14 /dev/usbscanner lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 14 19:14 /dev/usbscanner0 -> usbscanner the last 2 devices usbscanner(0) where created by myself, using a readme in the kernel-source directory. hoping someone has an idea what to do jay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]