Problem with SCSI scanner

[Paul Howarth]

Bob Taylor wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 13:35 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>>Bob Taylor wrote:
>> 
>>
>>>I'm running Fedora Core 3.
>>>I have an HP 5P scanner which /var/log/messages says:
>>>
>>>Vendor: HP        Model: C5110A            Rev: 3701
>>>
>>>Xsane returns an error "no devices found". I then typed the above
>>>udevinfo command which returned the message:
>>>
>>>"couldn't get the class device"
>>>
>>>Apparently udev isn't initializing this scanner. I tried using MAKEDEV -
>>>x sg without luck. Can I get some help? I really need to get this
>>>scanner working.
>>
>>Do you have the "sg" kernel module loaded?
>>
>># modprobe sg
> 
> 
> I didn't check because it *was* loaded. I had a power outage and now it
> was *not* there! I think Red Hat's new system of overwriting files sucks
> big time.

Which file do you suspect has been overwritten?

> How can I keep this module in /etc/modprobe.conf? Fix whatever
> is not keeping it in?

Try adding "modprobe sg" to /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Paul.