module for usb support>I have a scanner HP5200c connected to a usb port, invisible from debian, >which makes me suspect that there is some module for usb that I have not >installed. does any one know which?
USB is not properly supported in Linux until the 2.4 kernel (the one that still hasn't been officially deemed 'stable'. This gives you two options a) Run a 2.4 series kernel b) Run a 2.2 series kernel with a patch applied to add USB support. The good news is the HP5200C is listed as working in USB mode under linux. Have a surf around http://linux-usb.org and its links to find all the information you should need. - Chris PS: Let us know how you go, I would certainly be interested because I have the same scanner and haven't yet got around to setting it up under Linux :)
