I did some research and found that we need to update libusb. This changes w=
here
usb devices are searched from /proc/bus/usb to /dev. I have updated from ve=
rsion
0.1.8 to 0.1.12 and put in update/johnvan along with the other packages tha=
t=20
vector built. With this, I can now find my scanner in root mode and in user=
mode
if I set permissions on /dev/usbdev#.# to 666 (where # are digits).
John
On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 02:25:45 -0400
John Vanderzwet <joh...@sy...> wrote:
> I believe the issue is that there are no usb devices in /proc/bus/usb. Sa=
ne
> looks in here for the available usb ports and checks the vendor device=20
> information to determine which driver to use. rc.hotplug must somehow
> create the necessary entries. Coldplug and uevent finds my usb mouse and
> put info in /proc/pci/input and creates device in /dev/input. They also f=
ind
> the printer part of my all-in-one Epson CX4600 and creates a device in /d=
ev.
>=20
> JohnVan=20
>=20
> On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 06:23:46 -0400
> "Jose J. Rodriguez" <jo...@gm...> wrote:
>=20
> > IIRC, Johnvan stated last night after trying vec's kernel 2.6.16 +
> > udev packages that his usb scanner didn't work. I searched for some
> > info on this and found the following:
> >=20
> > "The usb scanner driver has recently been removed from the kernel and
> > re-implemented in userspace (as part of the SANE package). You do not
> > (and can not) write rules for this hardware as it does not rely on
> > specific kernel drivers."
> >=20
> > This is from the latest "Writing udev rules" document at
> > http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html.
> >=20
> > Regards,
> > Joe1962
> >=20
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