plustek@linuxhacker.org

Ok, problem solved, but for others who might have similiar
problems, I give my solution:


as stated in my posting, I had SPP parallel mode activated,
which I thought of as a first (slow) try. 

I switch the BIOS to ECP+EPP. Then the loading
of pt_drv failed. Switching the BIOS to EPP not just
doubled scanning speed but worked around the problems
described in my earlier posting. SPP doesn't seem to work.



Good luck
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