On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:37:03 +0000, James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 15:33, Miark wrote: > > I'm trying to use a USB scanner in VMWare, but it reports > > that Linux won't let it go: > > > > The specified device appears to be claimed by another driver > > (usbscanner) on the host operating system which means that the device > > may be in use. VMware Workstation cannot safely take control of the > > device until the host driver is unloaded. > > > > How do I get rid of the usbscanner driver, and is there a way > > to temporarily disable it? > > > > Miark > > Miark have you tried putting the driver into the hotplug blacklist? > This is supposed to prevent the driver from being auto-loaded upon > insertion. > > James Hmm, I didn't know about that until you mentioned it. Okay, I put "usbscanner" on a line by itself in the file, and rebooted, but VMWare is still complaining. Any other ideas (or criticisms if I didn't do the blacklist things correctly)? Miark
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