> The noise is producing when the computer is starting up, at the end, just > before KDM appears. It's like the inside part of the scanner could not go > forward/backward...
Err... in this case it's hardly a SANE bug, because there's no sane application started. It's more likely that there's some other program trying to access the USB bus. You should try to find out at which stage of the init process the noise is caused. On SuSE 7.3, try "init 2", then "init 3" and finally "init 5". (Init 2 will kill your X-Server.) You may also take a look at the init scripts in /etc/rc.d and start/stop them manually, e.g. "/etc/rc.d/hotplug stop" or "/etc/rc.d/hotplug start". Probably one of the scripts is responsible for the noise. Regards, Oliver
