On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 12:22:36AM +0300, Canis Cerberus wrote:
> Всегда сканировал через VMWare на своем горемычном HP SJ 3500с  и тут бац и 
> варя стала выдавать такую подлянку:
> 
> "The specified device appears to be claimed by another driver (usbscanner) on 
> the host operating system which means that the device may be in use. VMware 
> Workstation cannot safely take control of the device until the host driver is 
> unloaded."

rmmod scanner

echo 'alias scanner off' >>/etc/modules.conf