on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 02:23:42PM +0100, Vittorio De Martino (v.demart@dada.it) wrote: > Il Tuesday 23 January 2001 08:59, kmself@ix.netcom.com ha scritto: > > > > on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 08:04:30AM +0100, Vittorio De Martino > (v.demart@dada.it) wrote: > > > I've been using RedHat 6.2 and 7.0 for about a year and now I think I'm > > > ready to have a go at some other Linux distro. Being fascinated by > > > Debian stability and real "Open Source" nature I put the following > > > straightforward preliminary questions: > > > > > > Migrating to Debian potato can I have a USB working > > > support (for an Epson scanner) as I have now automatically set up > > > under RH7? > > > > Check your kernel configuration and USB support included there. Are you > > running 2.4 or a 2.2.x series kernel? > > RedHat 7 comes with kernel 2.2.16-22 which includes an activated USB > support by default; I had a chance to have a look at the kernel > tailoring it to fit my hardware. I wonder whether it's the same for > Debian kernel, I mean is there a USB support included whether > activated or not? If there isn't what should I do? OK, just walked through this myself. Most recent Potato kernel (2.2.17) doesn't appear to have USB support. I D/L'd the 2.2.18 pre kernel from Woody for my Potato system. There *is* USB support, though I've no idea how well things are supported. I just compiled it plus one boatload of modules into a new kernel (still haven't booted <g>). That's the route I'd tend toward. About to take this puppy down. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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