Hello,
this is the first report that I see where the HP-cards work well with
the scanner under Linux. Could you specify which HP-card you have. A
Symbios Logic 53C400A or 53C416 or something else ?
--Peter
John Mills wrote:
>
> H'lo -
>
> On Friday 27 April 2001 02:09, Peter Kirchgessner wrote:
>
> > The cards delivered with the HP-scanners often make problems under
> > Linux. I can not recommend these cards.
>
> The problem I have had in Linux, with both the Symbios/HP and low-end
> adaptec SCSI cards, is their not being identified by the kernel's probe at
> boot time. This doesn't sound like the problem here.
>
> My solution has been to compile-in or force-load the drivers, and/or add
> their parameters in the boot configuration file, '/etc/lilo.conf'. Once
> found by the kernel the cards have worked for me. (I am only running my
> two HP scanners -- no other SCSI devices are involved.) The Symbios/HP
> cards are certainly low-end products, but they _are_ free with the
> scanner, and the driver is now part of the Linux distribution. &8-)
>
> --
> Regards -
> John Mills
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