Re: scanners under 2.6.3

[Philippe Marzouk <phil-antispam@ozigo.org>]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 05:48:28AM +0800, csj wrote:
> It seems that
> 
> CONFIG_USB_SCANNER=m
> 
> which produces the "scanner" module, has disappeared from kernel
> 2.6.3.  I copied my working 2.6.2 config, passed it thru make
> gconfig without any manual changes, and now "grep -i scanner
> .config" returns nothing.
> 
> Any idea (tips, URLs) how to get scanners working in 2.6.3?  I
> have yet to install this kernel, so I don't if my scanner will
> automagically work out of the box.  But for kernels < 2.6.3, my
> scanner requires the "scanner" module.
> 

You have to use libusb instead of the deprecated scanner module.
The configuration depends a little on what scanner you have.

Philippe