On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:18:17 -0800, Rob Blomquist wrote > On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:59 am, Adrian Earnshaw monotonically > droned on: > > Hi to all, > > > > I have just started to use Linux and have chosen Mandrake as my first real > > foray into the Linux world. I was wondering if anyone has come across any > > drivers for the HP Scanner 4400C as it is the only hardware I can't get to > > work. It says that it is supported under the hardware page but no program > > seems to be able to connect to it. At the moment I am using 9.1 but > > starting the download of 9.2 eventually........! > > Possibly the biggest help for tough hardware problems is to google > your question, in this case I would first try "scanner 4400C linux", > which scores 410 hits. Including many from the sane-devel list, > which is a good thing, as sane is the program that allows scanners > to run under linux. > > I also see that it is a USB scanner. Do you have the USB subsection > running properly? Maybe the scanner is being detected, but not set > up properly.
Do you have an entry called 'scanner' in your /etc/modules file? Mandrake did not add this (for me anyway) and my HP scanner would not work without it. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca)
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