Hi, On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:20:40AM +0100, Paul Stravers wrote: > What I never understood is why this patch never made it into the kernel > (it is known at least as of 2.4.20). Henning is the maintainer for usb > scanners and he is aware of the problem with the Nikon LS40. Could it be > that Henning believes the problem is not with scanner.c but with the > Nikon hardware or with the Vuescan driver for de LS40?
Yes. The behaviour of the scanner driver may not be perfect but the original maintainer says that it's intended behaviour. With the patch, some scanners don't seem to work. > What I also don't understand is why we don't see many more cries for > help like yours and mine. The Nikon LS40 is a popular scanner so many > people should be suffering from the same problem. Apparently they > don't... I saw one similarity between you setup and mine: we both use an > ASUS motherboard for USB, although mine is an A7V266-E with the VIA > VT8233 south bridge to handle USB. Not sure if that has anything to do > with it. I am also using Vuescan, like you do. There are two or three scanners that show this problem. I have gotten about 5 reports about this trouble since I took over maintainership. As >99% of the scanners do work, it's too risky to change the behaviour. Bye, Henning ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
