Re: [newbie] USB support
Huh??? Ive got both a USB scanner (Primax) and webcam (only god knows who made it..), Can I use these setting for my gadgets??? Cheers Monster On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, you wrote: In my case I have a scanner Epson Perfection 1200U and I have to do the next: a) create the devices typing: mknod /dev/usbscanner0 chmdo 666 /dev/usbscanner0 b) charge the usb modules and the scanner module; I have included these lines in a script file, I run it every time I like the scanner work: insmod usbcore insmod usb-uhci insmod scanner vendor=0x04b8 product=0x0104 c) edit the /usr/local/etc/sane.d/epson.conf file, in the last line t must be specified the scanner device created (usbscanner0) d)Now I can use xscanimage to scan, and it works fine! So you must create the device first, then load the usb modules and the specific module of your hardware (scanner, mouse, keyboard, webcam) and then the program to run it. There are a howto file, of course, about usb and lots of web pates about every device. All this has been done under mandrake 7.2 I hope this will help Francisco Alcaraz (Murcia, Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: -michael- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Domingo, Diciembre 10, 2000 10:52 pm Asunto: [newbie] USB support I have been searching and can't find how to turn on USB support in Mandrake 7.2 with the standard kernel. Can someone point me to a howto? Thanks -michael- -- Oh My God...Its Full of Penguins Reg Linux User 153258 Icq No 28205556
RE: Re: [newbie] USB support
- Mensaje Original - Remitente: Graham Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Lunes, Diciembre 11, 2000 11:26 pm Asunto: Re: [newbie] USB support Huh??? Ive got both a USB scanner (Primax) and webcam (only god knows who made it..), Can I use these setting for my gadgets??? Cheers Monster On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, you wrote: In my case I have a scanner Epson Perfection 1200U and I have to do the next: a) create the devices typing: mknod /dev/usbscanner0 chmdo 666 /dev/usbscanner0 b) charge the usb modules and the scanner module; I have included these lines in a script file, I run it every time I like the scanner work: insmod usbcore insmod usb-uhci insmod scanner vendor=0x04b8 product=0x0104 c) edit the /usr/local/etc/sane.d/epson.conf file, in the last line t must be specified the scanner device created (usbscanner0) d)Now I can use xscanimage to scan, and it works fine! So you must create the device first, then load the usb modules and the specific module of your hardware (scanner, mouse, keyboard, webcam) and then the program to run it. There are a howto file, of course, about usb and lots of web pates about every device. All this has been done under mandrake 7.2 I hope this will help Francisco Alcaraz (Murcia, Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: -michael- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Domingo, Diciembre 10, 2000 10:52 pm Asunto: [newbie] USB support I have been searching and can't find how to turn on USB support in Mandrake 7.2 with the standard kernel. Can someone point me to a howto? Thanks -michael- -- Oh My God...Its Full of Penguins Reg Linux User 153258 Icq No 28205556
Re: [newbie] USB support
-michael- wrote: I have been searching and can't find how to turn on USB support in Mandrake 7.2 with the standard kernel. Can someone point me to a howto? Thanks -michael- USB was turned on by default in my install. You still have to load the individual device driver (mouse, webcam, etc.). -- Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cautioninc.com
RE: [newbie] USB support
In my case I have a scanner Epson Perfection 1200U and I have to do the next: a) create the devices typing: mknod /dev/usbscanner0 chmdo 666 /dev/usbscanner0 b) charge the usb modules and the scanner module; I have included these lines in a script file, I run it every time I like the scanner work: insmod usbcore insmod usb-uhci insmod scanner vendor=0x04b8 product=0x0104 c) edit the /usr/local/etc/sane.d/epson.conf file, in the last line t must be specified the scanner device created (usbscanner0) d)Now I can use xscanimage to scan, and it works fine! So you must create the device first, then load the usb modules and the specific module of your hardware (scanner, mouse, keyboard, webcam) and then the program to run it. There are a howto file, of course, about usb and lots of web pates about every device. All this has been done under mandrake 7.2 I hope this will help Francisco Alcaraz (Murcia, Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: -michael- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Domingo, Diciembre 10, 2000 10:52 pm Asunto: [newbie] USB support I have been searching and can't find how to turn on USB support in Mandrake 7.2 with the standard kernel. Can someone point me to a howto? Thanks -michael-
Re: [newbie] USB Support..?????
Sean Pritchard wrote: Anybody have an idea when USB support will be available in Linux? Regards, Sean http://www.sjptech.com Preliminary support is available in the 2.3.x series. Expect stable support in 2.4.x (due by years' end). And turn off HTML posting. It's annoying and wasteful. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
