I'm using a Scanjet 5P with a Symbios Logic card w/out any problems.
How do I find out exactrly which card it is (w/out opening my box up)?
Peter Kirchgessner wrote:
>
> 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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