From: Ian Stirling <ian.stirling@mauve.plus.com>
To: Wolfgang Fritz <wolfgang.fritz@gmx.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Where did the USB generic scanner driver go? 2.6.5
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:46:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <407B0E42.9060509@mauve.plus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c5ejt0$802$1@fritz38552.news.dfncis.de>
Wolfgang Fritz wrote:
> Ian Stirling wrote:
>
>>I can't seem to find where this has moved.
>>Has it been obsoleted, or removed for some reason?
>>Many thanks.
>>Ian Stirling.
>>-
>
>
> This driver has been removed from the 2.6 kernel. You have to use libusb
> instead. I found the link below helpful:
>
> http://khk.net/sane/libusb.html
>
> Make sure you have a recent sane package installed.
>
I've upgraded to the latest sane (the prereleases)
My scanner does not work, the backend manpage saying nothing about libusb,
suggesting it may not have been tested with it.
If the scanner module was deprecated, wouldn't some notice on the config
entry have been a good idea?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-12 21:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-12 16:28 Where did the USB generic scanner driver go? 2.6.5 Ian Stirling
2004-04-12 17:33 ` Wolfgang Fritz
2004-04-12 21:46 ` Ian Stirling [this message]
2004-04-12 21:52 ` Greg KH
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