The setup for getting eb1150 working is the same for linreb and impserve. impserve is newer and with more features and definitely worth a look.
I've added the next couple of paragraphs to my original post above so that folks finding this through google will also be aware of some of the other information about their ebookwise 1150 and linux.
There has been quite a bit of progress in the area of using your ebookwise 1150 with linux since this thread was started. If you found this one through a search engine the most up to date discussions are in this
thread the
wiki entry on this topic is here.
Look through the wiki entry for the information and any discussions or questions can posted in the mentioned thread.