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Re: Mustek usb scanner



> On 09-Jun-2001 Yedidya Bar-david wrote:
> > Do you have a /dev/usbscanner ?
> no, but I also don't have any othe /dev/usb* and my USB printer works, so I'm
> not sure that's related
> 
> > Try mknod /dev/usbscanner c 180 48 (Well, that's what I have)
> I looked at the man page and info page for mknod and found no explanation for
> the Major and Minor params you mention, so I'd like a bit more info before
> running this and maybe **breaking** something :-)
> 



Isn't /dev/MAKEDEV the preferred way to make devices (assuming it is available 
and supports the device you need)?



> > Can you try to connect only the scanner? without the printer? Does
> > it make any difference? When you attach the scanner, does the kernel
> > say ANYTHING? do 'dmesg' before and after.
> Scanner only with no printer attached doesn't help. As far as your second
> question, when you say **attach the scanner** do you mean the physical cable or
> the insmod scanner command to load the driver?
> 
> > What kernel do you run?
> 2.4.3-20mdk (Out of the box Mandrake 8.0)
>  
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> Date: 10-Jun-2001   Time: 00:02:44
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