[ydl-gen] usb scanner not detected

[Derick Centeno]

That message means that the options for using those drivers where not 
selected as options when the kernel was built.
What you were attempting with fstab would work if you were attempting 
to mount a usb hard drive.
This is quite different.  You are attempting to get the kernel to 
recognize and mount a usb device -- which can be any kind of usb 
device, such as a light bulb connected and powered through a usb port.  
Such things exist... anyway that might be a bad example, but 
representative of the variety of usb devices out there, in the market.

So the work around involves building a new kernel from source and this 
time making sure that the option for activating and using usb devices 
is properly selected.  There are instructions regarding building a 
kernel.  One resource for reference is here:

http://www.ppckernel.org/

You can also go onto www.yellowdoglinux.com and within the How To page 
select the option to Search and then type in the field the word kernel.

Best wishes....

On Dec 8, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Une bévue wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:08:24 +0100
> Une bévue <yvon.thor at free.fr> wrote:
>
>> i suppose this is a line to add in /etc/fstab ???
>
> i've added the following line in /etc/fstab :
> none                    /proc/bus/usb           usbdevfs  defaults     
>    0  0
>
> however when rebooting i had the following message "usbdevfs" isn't 
> supported by the kernel.
>
> then, i suppose this trick is for usb ram-keys ???
>
> any idae on how to see the scanner ???
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