Nick Zentena wrote:

I'm thinking of getting a scanner. Of course I'd like to get one that works with Linux. So the question is how do USB scanners work? I've seen less then glowing talk about parallel port scanners so I'll avoid that. I haven't seen a SCSI scanner at a reasonable price. If USB scanners will work how about the AFGA 1212u. Will I need a 2.4 kernel? 2.3.xx for now?

I can't speak about the AGFA scanner in particular, but IIRC there *is* limited USB support in the latest kernels (I think it might have been backported from the 2.3.x kernels by someone at SuSE). I'm sure at least some USB scanners are supported, but I couldn't tell you which particular ones... Hope that helps, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/