Re: USB for Linux???
On Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 19:01:31 +0100, John Gay wrote: Does anyone know what the current status of USB on Linux is? If you use the latest stable kernel (2.2.11), possibly with Alan Cox' patches (-ac3), the kernel has USB driver support, but it's marked as experimental. You may want to check www.kernelnotes.org or www.linuxhq.com for pointers. HTH, Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
RE: USB for Linux???
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
Re: USB for Linux???
Hello, Yeterday I have gotten the PC-Direct 9/99 (Ziff-Davis) and there is a Linux CD attached. It is DLD 6.0.1 with Kernel 2.2.3 which supports USB, Irda, PCMCIA, IPv6. SPX, ... It was installed in less then 40 minutes inclusive KDE 1.1.1 Webmistress Michelle from Strasbourg At 19:01 11.08.1999 +0100, you wrote This was the original Message: MK MK MKDoes anyone know what the current status of USB on Linux is? I've been to the MKsite listed on www.linux.org, but the page says that the person who started it MKhas left to pursue other things now that he's graduated. I've got an Agfa 1212U MKUSB scanner that I'd like to get working. I bought it in the states and need to MKget a European power supply for it. But right now it seem I can't use it with MKeither Debian 2.1 OR WindowsNT 4.0 SP5 : ( Right now it is just sitting on my MKdesk collecting dust. The latest word at the Linux USB page is mice and MKkeyboards and such are working, but not image devices like printers or scanners. MKI'm willing to donate my time and scanner to help development, but I'm not a MKprogrammer and I'm fairly new to Linux. I've got Debian 2.1 installed on a PII MK350 and am willing to test software for USB scanners if some one needs some MKdebugging done. I realise I could just upgrade the Windows partition to 98 or MK2000 to get USB, but I just don't trust either. I'd rather use Linux. If someone MKcould tell me who is working on USB, I'd be glad to offer as much time as I MKcould spare to test software for them. MK MKThanks. MK MK John Gay MK MK MK MK-- MKUnsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null MK MK MK The Reply begins here:
