Re: USB for Linux???
Hello,
Yeterday I have gotten the PC-Direct 9/99 (Ziff-Davis)
and there is a Linux CD attached.
It is DLD 6.0.1 with Kernel 2.2.3 which supports USB, Irda, PCMCIA,
IPv6. SPX, ...
It was installed in less then 40 minutes inclusive KDE 1.1.1
Webmistress Michelle
from Strasbourg
At 19:01 11.08.1999 +0100, you wrote
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MK>
MK>
MK>Does anyone know what the current status of USB on Linux is? I've been
to the
MK>site listed on www.linux.org, but the page says that the person who
started it
MK>has left to pursue other things now that he's graduated. I've got an
Agfa 1212U
MK>USB scanner that I'd like to get working. I bought it in the states and
need to
MK>get a European power supply for it. But right now it seem I can't use it
with
MK>either Debian 2.1 OR WindowsNT 4.0 SP5 : ( Right now it is just sitting
on my
MK>desk collecting dust. The latest word at the Linux USB page is mice and
MK>keyboards and such are working, but not image devices like printers or
scanners.
MK>I'm willing to donate my time and scanner to help development, but I'm
not a
MK>programmer and I'm fairly new to Linux. I've got Debian 2.1 installed on
a PII
MK>350 and am willing to test software for USB scanners if some one needs some
MK>debugging done. I realise I could just upgrade the Windows partition to
98 or
MK>2000 to get USB, but I just don't trust either. I'd rather use Linux. If
someone
MK>could tell me who is working on USB, I'd be glad to offer as much time as I
MK>could spare to test software for them.
MK>
MK>Thanks.
MK>
MK> John Gay
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