On Thursday 13 May 2004 09:14 pm, Richard McCormick wrote: > Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > On Thursday 13 May 2004 05:52 pm, Richard McCormick wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I just got Mandrake 10 and boy is it much better, the best yet but there > >> is one problem and I was wondering if there is a way to configure my > >> CanoScan > >> LiDE 50 to work under XSane?? I actually found the scanner listed and > >> when I selected it I got a message that this scanner is not supported by > >> this > >> version of Mandrake Linux. HUH?? It's listed but it's not supported?? > >> > >> That seems strange to me. > >> > >> Any help here?? > >> > >> Many thanks > >> > >> Richard ;-)~ > > > > the canon lide series includes models 20, 30, 50 and 80. the lide20 and > > lide30 are supported, wheras the lide50 and lide80 are not as they are > > based > > on a different chipset. the lide20 and lide30 are based on the National > > Semiconductor LM9831/2 chipset for which a driver called the plustek > > driver has been written. > > Thanks Alan for the info but is there a way to make this scanner work, like > possibly using the lide 20 or 30??
no, you can't use a driver writen for chipset 'a' with chipset 'b'. > > Thanks > > Richard ;-)~ -- Alan
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