got another hint from "linuxquestions"
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/201558
refering me to /etc/hotplug/usb/libusbscanner

in that file permissiion is granted to the group "scanners."

I changed that to "users."

am not sure as I have been fiddling aroung but think all you have to
do for slack 10 and the 2.6.7 is the fstab line and then change the
group.

seems to work now - time to explore something else.

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