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 --------> This was the original Message: 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 MK> MK> MK> MK>-- MK>Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null MK> MK> MK> --------> The Reply begins here:
