umax 2100u

On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Robert N. Eaton wrote:

> > Nathan England wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Fry's has umax 2100u scanners on sale for $30 bucks..
> > I don't have a scanner, and really want one. Don't have a whole lot
> > of money either, so I bought this cheapo..
> >
> > It works very nicely in windows 2000, after about an hour of
> > wrestingling..
> >
> > I was curious if anyone has any usb scanner set up experience in
> > linux..
> > I'm finding a lot of conflicting stuff, and linux-usb is not helpful..
> > I've seen a couple reports that people got it working with sane, but
> > they don't say how..
> > Sane itself says it's not supported..
> >
> > Any have any ideas?
> >
> > nathan
> Contact http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch.sane.sane-xsane.html or
> Oliver.Rauch@Wolfsburg.DE There is a Sane/Xsane developers list that
> posts more information than I cared to read about just such issues,
> especially getting usb scanners to work.
>
> I, on the other hand, purchased a $45 UMAX Astra 1220S (for scsi) and
> beat my head against the wall as long as I used Caldera Open Linux
> 2.3/2.4. Then I changed over to Red Hat 7.1, and it works like a champ.

hehe spot the fix ... ( hint: 2.4.4 ( any idea's folks ))

Nigel

>
> I must admit that my scsi Jaz drive doesn't play well with the scanner.
> They have "reservations" problems which I'm trying to sort out.
>
> Bob Eaton
>