[sane-devel] VIA chipset and HP4100C USB scanner

[m. allan noah]

On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Henning Meier-Geinitz wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 05:59:48PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> > So under 2.4.21 I'm using the scanner module, but under 2.6.6 I'm using
> > libusb, correct?  So does that mean the problem is with libusb?  Sorry,
> > I don't really understand how the parts fit together.
> 
> On 2.4 you can use the kernel scanner driver or libusb. In 2.6.something
> the kernel scanner driver was removed from the kernel so your only
> option is libusb.

and so, bill, could you try using libusb instead on 2.4? the easiest way 
to do that quickly is to move the scanner.o module so that the kernel cant 
find it, and power off the device, rmmod scanner, then power on the 
device. i usually move the modules to /tmp.

allan

> 
> Bye,
>   Henning
> 
> 

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