For the installation of the driver, you really have to be logged in as root. (Installing the driver means writing to some important directories of the kernel that aren't accessible to the normal user this way. So you really have to be root this time.) The installation can again be done with make. This time you will however need a parameter. I log in again and type:
Welcome to SuSE Linux 7.2 (i386) - Kernel 2.4.7 (tty2). mathplanet login: root Password: Last login: Wed Sep 19 05:24:06 on tty2 Have a lot of fun... mathplanet:~ # cd /tmp/Scanner/plustek_driver/ mathplanet:/tmp/Scanner/plustek_driver # make install mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.4.7/misc install -c pt_drv.o /lib/modules/2.4.7/misc mathplanet:/tmp/Scanner/plustek_driver #So this has also worked fine. No error messages. Was that all that there is to be done? Does the scanner work now under Linux? We have still to load the driver. Then its time for a test. If you encountered trouble and error messages after typing make install again best consult the FAQ file already mentioned above. Included therein are some instructions how you can manually create the appropriate device files if make couldn't do it.