plustek@linuxhacker.org

Subject: Re: Problem with Plustek 4830 P scanner
From: Jaeger, Gerhard
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:28:47 +0200

On Monday, 16. July 2001 09:59, Lauri J T Liuhto wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Alimin Bijosono Oei wrote:
> > $make load
> > /sbin/modprobe pt_drv || exit 1
> > sh: modprobe: command not found
> > modprobe: pre-install pt_drv failed
> > modprobe: insmod pt_drv failed
> > make: *** [load] Error 1
>
>  Really don't know if this is the situation, correct me if I'm wrong:
>
>  1) Is modprobe installed to your system?
>  2) I think you have to do that as root.

EXACTLY THIS IS IT!!!!!

You MUST be root to perform the "make load" step...