On Wed 11 Jan 2023 at 17:11:04 (+0100), daven...@tuxfamily.org wrote: > On 2023-01-11 15:39, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 11 Jan 2023 at 14:25:39 (+0000), Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > > Local charity shop sells a desktop scanner for next to nothing. I > > > could buy it and try it but it's very bulky and it's a long walk. So > > > I'd like to have a clue beforehand if it's supported. > > > > > > The item is a Packard Bell Slimline PB 61428. > > > > > > I googled it but haven't found anything relevant to Linux. The > > > packaging mentions Windows 98. I remember back in the day, the was a > > > wrapper for old Windows drivers, I can't remember its name. > > > > Presumably you're thinking of ndiswrapper, which was also recommended > > recently in https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/01/msg00173.html > > Isn't ndiswrapper specific to networking/wireless network drivers? > I don't think it just works for any kind of drivers. AS far as I can > tell, it was designed specifically for WiFi cards. > > But I have never used it. I'm not a huge WiFi fan/heavy user. And when > I do use it, I've always used cards or USB dongles with native a > GNU/Linux driver.
You're probably right. It's probably jessie since I used it for a WNDA3100 v2 dongle, when I had problems with one of my laptop's wireless, and I'm so oversupplied with Cat5 ports and Netgear Powerlines that I have no need to use it nowadays. > > AFAICT this package did not make it into bullseye, and seems to have > > fallen by the wayside: > > > > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ndiswrapper > > > > > Or am I supposed to just plug it in and expect it to work? > > > > That's outside my sphere of knowledge. Cheers, David.