I think i am going to have to use the windows disk and install the software 
using wine/wine tools however i have been having unpredictable results with 
wine 

Donald






On Friday 25 May 2007 03:28, Russell Jones wrote:
> Don Cowan wrote:
> > On Thursday 24 May 2007 10:38, Dave Howorth wrote:
> >> Don Cowan wrote:
> >>> I bought an Olympus digital voice recorder  and I cant seem to get it
> >>> to work with open suse. Does any one have a suggestions? I am almost
> >>> out of memory and need to upload the files to my server. It came with
> >>> windows software and I have a windows machine however i refuse to use
> >>> windows.
> >>>
> >>> It attaches by a usb connection.
> >>
> >> What happens when you plug it in? (it is switched on, yes?)
> >>
> >> What does lsusb show? (you may need to be root to run it)
> >>
> >> Cheers, Dave
> >
> > This  is what  i got
> >
> > M1:/home/dcowan/scripts # lsub
> > bash: lsub: command not found
> > M1:/home/dcowan/scripts # lsusb
> > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ69 Optical Wheel
> > Mouse Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc.
> > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 07b4:020d Olympus Optical Co., Ltd Digital Voice
> > Recorder VN-240PC
> > M1:/home/dcowan/scripts #
>
> See http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=3866
>
> Looks like it has a proprietary driver. You could write to Olympus for
> information and maybe try to write a driver. I must admit that when I
> looked into writing a USB driver for an ADF image scanner I found it
> incomprehensibly complex, but I tried to do it from first principles
> instead of looking at existing code which probably wasn't the most
> effective approach.
>
> I found a tool called USB snoopy. http://www.google.com/search?q=usb+snoopy
-- 
Don Cowan
www.dcowan.net

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