Karl Heinz-- Thanks for the leads, but I continue to get a "No sane devices available" error when I try to use the scanner. I have removed the soft link (scanner -> usbscanner), and I have changed the rights of usbscanner to 666.
One thing I notice is that when I log in to my workstation as a user, /dev/usbscanner is listed as belonging to that user and owner -- not "root". Is this normal? I'm about ready to give up on this approach, and simply expect that if I want to use my scanner, I'll have to do it from Window$. This sane stuff is driving me IN-sane. David __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com