Hi, On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 11:54:37AM -0500, Howard Shane wrote: > So, I guess my question boils down to this: Let's say hypothetically > we're up to linux-2.6.0, and there is no more kernel usb-scanner > support, and a person wants to use a SANE application. All they have to > do is to be sure libusb is installed with the SANE backends and whatever > frontend they're after, right?
Usually sane-backends depends on libusb, so if SANE is installed, libusb should also be installed automatically. > No other configuration steps are necessary? Are there any specific > pitfalls to to be aware of? It may be necessary to adjust the permissions of usbdevfs as explained in man sane-usb. At least if you want to scan as non-root. I don't know how addvanced the hotplug setup currently is. That's something hotplug could do. Bye, Henning
