On 11-Aug-99 John Gay wrote: > Does anyone know what the current status of USB on Linux is? I've been to the > site listed on www.linux.org, but the page says that the person who started > it > has left to pursue other things now that he's graduated. I've got an Agfa > 1212U > USB scanner that I'd like to get working. I bought it in the states and need > to > get a European power supply for it. But right now it seem I can't use it with > either Debian 2.1 OR WindowsNT 4.0 SP5 : ( Right now it is just sitting on my > desk collecting dust. The latest word at the Linux USB page is mice and > keyboards and such are working, but not image devices like printers or > scanners. > I'm willing to donate my time and scanner to help development, but I'm not a > programmer and I'm fairly new to Linux. I've got Debian 2.1 installed on a > PII > 350 and am willing to test software for USB scanners if some one needs some > debugging done. I realise I could just upgrade the Windows partition to 98 or > 2000 to get USB, but I just don't trust either. I'd rather use Linux. If > someone > could tell me who is working on USB, I'd be glad to offer as much time as I > could spare to test software for them.
Go to http://edge.kernelnotes.org/changelist.cgi?show=2.3. (mind the last pe riod) and search through that for USB. I figure that USB support will be a lot better as the kernel branch 2.3.x gets closer to 2.4.x. USB support right now for printers and scanners is pretty miserable, AFAIK. --------------------------- Wim Kerkhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.canadianhomes.net/wim ICQ: 23284586