exactly what usb modules are loaded? sounds like you do not have the usb device filesystem mounted
what is the output of mount? it should include this line: none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) if it doesn't, add this to /etc/fstab none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0 this line must go below the proc entry, otherwise /proc will not be there and it will fail. so it will load on next boot. In the meantime (so you don't need to reboot) do this from the command line: mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb you should then have a /proc/bus/usb all this stuff is a root task of course. On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:44, Chris Wilkinson wrote: > Hi there, > > Nick Rout wrote: > > there are commandline scanning programs. > > > > not quitte as easy to use because of the lack off a preview window, but > > ultimately you can do > > > > scanimage --mode Color --resolution 300 --contrast 75 -l 0 -t 0 -x 120 > > -y 200 > > That will be a last resort! :-) Not because of CLI-phobia, but because > the resultant files will still need to be transfered to my AthlonXP > beastie from a laptop without a NIC...floppy disks will be about 20 > times too small for the scanned images I'd want to create! :-( > > About the output from /proc/bus/usb/devices...there is no usb/ > directory (and consequently no devices file in there) whether > the scanner is plugged in or not...I've double checked that USB > is on in the BIOS (twice), and there are USB modules listed with > lsmod, so I'm baffled (and concerned)... > > The scanner was just borrowed by my flatmate, to scan some stuff > on her 17" G4 Powerbook...worked fine. My laptop sees it as it > is plugged/unplugged... > > This is (I think) the first time I've tried scanning (or USB > anything) since I installed Mandrake 9.2...anyone else have > usb 'issues' with mdk92?
