Originally to: G Anna OOOOH! Just what I have been looking for! Tanks! Will this work with the kernel that installs with Mandrake 8.2?
<G ANNA> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Dear All, > > Today I downloaded the linux driver for Mustek 1200 UB scanner (This > is a USB scanner) from > > ftp://ftp.mustek.com.tw/pub/driver/1200UB/Linux/V1.0.3/1200ub.tar.gz > > This package has a readme file (readme_English.txt).. In this file > they have mentioned that > > (begin-quote) > > 2. After the kernel upgrade, please mount the USB file system. You can > login root, and type "mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb/." If you > would like to mount the file system automatically, add "action > "Mounting USB File System" mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb" to > your etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. > > (end-quote) > > When I tried to do the mount manually, I got the following error. > > # mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb/ > mount: mount point /proc/bus/usb/ does not exist > > And, sure enough, I didn't have the usb directory under /proc/bus/. I > tried to do > > # pwd > /proc/bus > # mkdir usb > mkdir: cannot create directory `usb': No such file or directory > > What am I supposed to do now? Does anyone have experience in making > the Mustek 1200 UB scanner work under linux? > > BTW, I am using RH 7.1 and > > $ uname -a > Linux wobble 2.4.16 #4 Thu May 9 11:19:49 IST 2002 i686 unknown > > Thank you for all your help. > > Cheers, > anna > > > -- > > (7) When I've captured my adversary and he says, "Look, before you > kill me, will you at least tell me what this is all about?" I'll > say, "No." and shoot him. No, on second thought I'll shoot him > then say "No." - Peter Anspach in "The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I > Ever Became An Evil Overlord" > > > - > > --- Internet Rex 2.67 beta 1a > * Origin: TCOB1 Gating for LinxuNet (110:10/1.2) > <-> Gateway Information. This message originated from a Fidonet System (http://www.fidonet.org) and was gated at TCOB1 (http://www.tcob1.net) Please do not respond direct to this message but via the list - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
