> > However, I seem to have run into an unexpected problem. Whenever I try > > to access /dev/usb/scanner0 (or /dev/usbscanner) it freezes my entire > > system. > > Same here with the plustek backend (for my Mustek Bearpaw scanners). I > don't have this problem with 2.4.10. Since 2.4.13 the kernel freezes. > I haven't tested 2.4.11 and 12 yet. I don't know, what's wrong.
Hi, it seems the scanner driver in recent kernels is broken. There is a bugfix from David Nelson available (http://www.jump.net/~dnelson/linux/usb/), but I haven't tried it yet. Regards, Oliver
