Did you try this url ?
http://www.linux-france.org/article/gvallee/scanner/epson1260-en.html
Perhaps this will help you.
Bill P.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Jahn" <eric@ejahn.net>
To: "SLUG" <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Epson Perfection 1260 fewer woes now
> okay, I'm getting somewhere. I didn't have the hotplug daemon installed
> on my system, which was keeping the "modprobe scanner" from working.
> but now "modprobe" works! (thanks scott for the hint)
> "sane-find-scanner" still doesn't find my usb scanner though, and below
> is the output of "dmesg | grep". I have a usb flash card reader
> installed aslo (that works fine). no driver is claiming the Epson
> scanner (though I have the plustek driver installed). also, what could
> be causing the message "unable to get major 180 for usb devices"?
> Thanks for your ideas, I think I'm almost there!
> ------------------------
> localhost root # dmesg | grep usb
> usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
> usb.c: registered new driver hub
> usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
> usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
> usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
> usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
> usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xe0825000, IRQ 17
> usb-ohci.c: usb-00:0b.1, NEC Corporation USB (#2)
> usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
> usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x11d) is not claimed by any active
> driver.
> usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xe0827000, IRQ 16
> usb-ohci.c: usb-00:0b.0, NEC Corporation USB
> usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
> usb.c: registered new driver usbscanner
> usb.c: registered new driver usblp
> usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
> usb.c: unable to get major 180 for usb devices
> usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
> usb.c: deregistering driver usbdevfs
> usb.c: registered new driver hub
> usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 17:31:20 Apr 20 2003
> usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
> usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
> usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
> usb.c: registered new driver usbscanner
> usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:11.2-1 address 2
> usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x11d) is not claimed by any active
> driver.
> usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:11.2-1 address 3
> usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x11d) is not claimed by any active
> driver.
> usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:11.2-1 address 4
> usb.c: USB device 5 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x11d) is not claimed by any active
> driver.
> usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:11.2-1 address 5
> usb.c: USB device 6 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x11d) is not claimed by any active
> driver.
> usb.c: deregistering driver usbscanner
> -----------------------
>
>
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