I have the same problem with my VISIONEER 8100 scanner, it will not work with 8.1 maybe there is hope in 8.2, my scanner not working is one reason I have an old PC with Win98 on it, like a big fax-copier, I would love to get rid of it. Rich
-----Original Message----- From: bis9170@cox.net [mailto:bis9170@cox.net] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 3:39 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE 8.2 "just paid for itself" [in a way]
Very interesting...! I was under the impression that most Canon scanners (esp. USB) were pretty much a lost cause with Linux. I do know my CanoScan N650U scanner was never very happy with SuSE 8.0 the few times I messed around with it.
This might be yet another reason for me to upgrade to 8.2..., as if I really need to justify that, eh? :)
Cheers, TBissell
From: Tom Emerson
Date: 2003/04/21 Mon PM 02:23:05 EDT To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] SuSE 8.2 "just paid for itself" [in a way] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
Well, "justified it's purchase" would be a better
monetary here...
Background: For christmas, I asked for [and received] a scanner -- specifically, the Canon "Lide-30". The reasons for this were mostly aesthetics [roughly 1" tall, "just fits" atop my CPU case, etc] and price [$70 w/discount] and totally lacking of technical reasons [translation: I forgot to check if this was supported under linux...]
As you might guess, the answer to that last was "no, not really" -- the "sane" page has some canon support, but mostly a note saying canon is simply "not forthcoming" with driver info, and e-mails to canon
true.
So, now I've installed 8.2, and on a bit of a pre-planned whim, I finally plugged in the scanner [it is USB based] waited for the "beep", and finally the SuSE "new hardware detected" screen came up -- went
description -- nothing prove this to be through the motions,
and sure enough -- THERE IT WAS LISTED ! I CAN SCAN NOW!
Turns out this uses a "plustek" driver, which is just fine. [if the Canon tech support rep had simply said, "use that one..." I'd have no reason to be bitchy about Canon, but I suspect "corporate mentality" is "never let them see you sweat, (or that you are really an OEM repackager)" so...]
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