--- Elton Woo <elwoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On April 23, 2003 09:30 am, Charles Griffin wrote: > > I am thinking of adding a cheap scanner (<$100) to > my > > I'm using an Epson 610u (USB) scanner hooked up to > a 4-port hub. It cost me a bit over CAD $100 a > couple of > years ago, but naturally hardward prices have > dropped since > then. Mandrake configures it automatically, but in > Red Hat, > you'd need to *manually edit* /etc/sane.d/epson.conf > thus: > 1) REMove the "scsi" line, and > 2) *enable* the "/dev/usb/scanner0" > > FWIW, I had entered this as a RFE in RH Bugzilla, > but > I guess it was not a priority. > > > system. Any recommendations? Any particular > brands > > work well in Linux? Any particular brands to stay > > away from? Any resources I should check into? > > For a better overview of USB devices in general, I > highly > recommending a visit to: The Linux USB Devices site > http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ > > cheers & HTH, > > Elton ;-) > -- > Daniel, Elton, and Gerry - thanks for your responses. Seems like Epson may be the way to go. I'll also check that link, Elton, for more info. Thanks again. I appreciate your comments. Regards, Charles __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com
