On 31/12/09 16:27, Masim "Vavai" Sugianto wrote:
Hi BC, On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> wrote:
On 30/12/09 23:55, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
A question, Ken, if you know the answer which would save me finding out the hard way....
I have a Canon scanner which is not supported by Linux - but, of course, XP does.
In the latest version of VB is the USB support still totally reliant on openSUSE or can this version now access USB devices if the driver is installed in XP under VB?
Sorry, the question asked to Ken Schneider but just a sharing experience,
I haven't try guest XP with scanner on VB but I get the USB Epson printer works on XP guest without installing any driver in openSUSE. Just activating the USB support on VB, installing the XP driver and overall seems to works correctly.
Thanks for this, but the real question is: is your Epson printer recognised 'naturally' under openSUSE even without you having to deliberately install any drivers. For example, my HP printer and my Lexmark laser printer are recognised by openSUSE and I don't have to go out of my way to install any additional drivers simply because openSUSE already knows about them and installs the correct drivers. Canon stuff is different :-( . In earlier versions of VB the USB support/access was totally under the control of the host system. If the host could not handle the device (like my Canon scanner) then the guest (XP) could not have access to it. BC -- If you don't succeed you run the risk of failure. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org