Overall rating: 4.6 x 6
By Linux distribution:
- openSUSE 10.3 X86-64: 3.0 x 1
- openSUSE 10.3 X86-64: 5.0 x 1
- Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 AuthenticAMD: 5.0 x 1
- Mandriva Linux 2008.1 i586: 5.0 x 1
- Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.0 AuthenticAMD: 5.0 x 1
- Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1

Comments
same as with sound, you have to update access:
resmgr grant fnaaijkens scanner
Was not enough, so
scanimage -L gives usb ID
if it is found as root# as it was.
So I issued
chmod 644 /dev/bus/usb/002/004
and then it worked flawlessly
since two year driver includer into sane