Does Linux support USB? If not, will future kernel support this feature? I have a USB scanner that maybe one day would like to use on Linux Daniel Honzik SuSE 6.1 Kernel 2.2.10 KDE 1.1.1 _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com
On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 04:34:05PM -0700, Daniel Honzik wrote:
Does Linux support USB? If not, will future kernel support this feature? I have a USB scanner that maybe one day would like to use on Linux
They are hard at work, see http://www.linux-usb.org/. Support for keyboards, mice, hubs, etc is propely oke. Until a few months back, there wasn't much action. Then Linus himself took a intrest in the subject and the action speeded up. Regards, Cees.
On Sat, Jul 31, 1999, Daniel Honzik
Does Linux support USB? If not, will future kernel support this feature? I have a USB scanner that maybe one day would like to use on Linux
SuSE doesn't currently support USB, however, SuSE is sponsoring USB development. The current Linux development kernel 2.3.12 has a working USB stack that can currently use Hubs, Keyboard, Mice, Printers and preliminary support for Speakers, Modems, Floppies, CD-Roms, and one brand of Web Cam. A working USB system with support for most major devices is expected to be available by the time Linux 2.4 is released. As for scanners, that may be a different thing. Most USB Scanners are proprietary and require lots of vendor cooperation. This may cause some problems for support. What kind of scanner do you have? JE
A working USB system with support for most major devices is expected to be available by the time Linux 2.4 is released.
I will be buying a laptop and a digital camera later this year. Any chance that I can find something that is supported by Linux (some cameras use USB for transfer)
On Sun, 01 Aug 1999, Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
A working USB system with support for most major devices is expected to be available by the time Linux 2.4 is released.
I will be buying a laptop and a digital camera later this year. Any chance that I can find something that is supported by Linux (some cameras use USB for transfer)
I would suggest a camera that saves its images to floppy. (Sony Mavica (or something like that) works great). Linux reads DOS formatted floppies and .jpg files, too. -- George Toft http://gtoft.dynip.com Hawaii Pacific University MSIS Graduate Student "Investigating the Relationship Between the Total Cost of Ownership, Organization Size, Industry, Workgroup Size, And the Perception of Value for Workgroup Servers."
On Sun, Aug 01, 1999, Kaare Rasmussen
A working USB system with support for most major devices is expected to be available by the time Linux 2.4 is released.
I will be buying a laptop and a digital camera later this year. Any chance that I can find something that is supported by Linux (some cameras use USB for transfer)
It all depends. Most of the Digital Cameras don't use a standardized protocol. For those to work, we need to get the protocol description's from the manufacturers. Getting those specs aren't always easy. JE
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