Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:57:52 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] remove USB_SCANNER |
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On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 06:50:06PM +0100, Stian Jordet wrote: > tor, 05.02.2004 kl. 18.30 skrev Greg KH: > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 09:20:58AM -0800, Azog wrote: > > > > > > So, what are you all using / recommending for user space configuration > > > and control of a USB scanner under 2.6? > > > > xsane should work just fine, using libusb/usbfs. > > > > As this driver is no longer needed, and the driver is broken and no one > > has stepped up to fix it for over a month now, I'm removing it from the > > kernel tree. > > > I know it is broken, and obsoleted. But for those of us not using > hotplug scripts, it's quite a pity that you have to manually chmod the > files in /proc/bus/usb to be able to use a device with libusb as a > normal user. Just want to let people having trouble know that.
Or fix this bug: http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418
That will make it easier for users too.
thanks,
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