On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 14:17, doc wrote: > I just don't have the time or patience to do what SuSE should have done. > I have RH 8.0 in the mail and will run the SuSE 8.1 update one of these days. > Perhaps one of them has been properly configured with all of the necessary > supports. > (rant on) > This wouldn't be so frustrating except that every Linux distro seems to be > fraught with common sense things forgotten or incompletely tested and I've > wasted months of productivity wading through mans and discussion lists > trying to resolve them, from Debian to Stormix to Progeny to Peanut to > Mandrake to SuSE and others ... (rant off). > Meanwhile I guess I will live with a hardware kludge and leave the ps/2 mouse > connected and stashed out of the way. It is the 7 second solution. ;-)
I've had 0 issues with various USB devices on RedHat 7.x. And I'm writing this as I reboot my wife's Windows XP system for the 17th time (no joke) this afternoon in a continuing, 3-hour attempt to get her HP LaserJet 1220se "All-In-One" to work! The HP LaserJet 1220se works perfectly on Linux, _including_ scanning (although a full SANE interface isn't completed yet, so it's not 100% point-n-click, but it works solid). The problem with XP is that the printer shipped with only Windows 98/ME/2000 drivers on its CD, but no XP drivers. For various licensing issues (for the 3rd party "All-In-One"), HP does _not_ have a "complete" driver set on their web site. HP only have "patches" for XP -- of which, I canNOT seem to get to work in the correct combination so the "scanning" works. I'm about to call HP and demand they send me a driver CD updated with XP drivers and all the "All-In-One" software. The last time I needed to do this (for a HP OfficeJet 680c), they charged me $69. -- Bryan J. Smith, E.I. Contact Info: http://thebs.org A+/i-Net+/Linux+/Network+/Server+ CCNA CIWA CNA SCSA/SCWSE/SCNA --------------------------------------------------------------- limit guilt = { psychopath, remorse->0 innocent }
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