In reality, very few scanners seem to work with the exception of one brand. I have to 'go to the darkside' to scan. Thank God the scanner works there. So don't be disappointed Mike, very few seem to work. --- Kurt Granroth wrote: > On Feb 26, 2005, at 5:45 PM, Major.Mikey wrote: > > My brother moved in with me today and he brought > me a peace-offering, a > > scanner. It is a Visioneer OneTouch 5600 USB. A > google search did not > > reveal > > whether or not this device works with linux so I > thought I would > > present my > > findings to you for any assistance you may be > willing to provide. > > [snip] > > hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1.3, assigned > address 8 > > usb.c: USB device 8 (vend/prod 0x461/0x367) is > not claimed by any > > active > > driver. > > THE resource for scanning under Linux is the SANE > project: > http://www.sane-project.org > > There doesn't seem to be a page or listing for the > 5600 in the quick > search I did. However, there are listing for the > 5300 and 5800 USB and > neither work. So, it's very unlikely that the 5600 > would work. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail > settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ===== Cyclists should expect and demand safe accommodation on our public roads, just as does every other user. Nothing more is expected. Nothing less is acceptable! Long live Knoppix!! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss