From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 904ED138247 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:18:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 95FA0E0B39; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D560BE0ACB for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:18:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VgNE5-0004yp-ML for gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:18:29 +0100 Received: from hsi-kbw-109-192-231-080.hsi6.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de ([109.192.231.80]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:18:29 +0100 Received: from joerg.schaible by hsi-kbw-109-192-231-080.hsi6.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:18:29 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org From: =?UTF-8?B?SsO2cmc=?= Schaible Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: USB Scanner Problems with Newer Kernels/Libusb [Solved] Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:18:11 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20131108222553.33af27243ad5aa2411c3f0ff@comcast.net> <20131109203050.a1754f19defbcfd9a514a48d@comcast.net> <20131110015302.GA6695@crud> <20131111190318.98783dd7a5ff67aab23c53e5@comcast.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: hsi-kbw-109-192-231-080.hsi6.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de User-Agent: KNode/4.10.5 X-Archives-Salt: c9ce85ed-ec85-45cb-8ba3-b46ad26d058e X-Archives-Hash: 20e0e46114ff21e0187afa2798f541a2 Frank Peters wrote: > On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 19:53:02 -0600 > Barry Schwartz wrote: > >> >> It is nice to know how to dump e?udev, just in case; and I also use a >> scanner. >> > > I just want to add a parting shot to this thread. > > I have several scanners and laser printers, all USB, that have not > been supported under Microsoft Windows for some time. No MS drivers are > available for these devices. On various MS Windows forums many people > ask in vain about obtaining such drivers. > > But under Linux all my scanners and printers continue to work without > problem, and most likely will continue to work for many years to come. > > This just underscores the difference between proprietary and open source > software. Yeah, but don't forget to mention the other side of the coin. I had the case where my new USB printer/scanner did not work under Linux (at least the scanning part) while if worked flawlessly under Windows. 6 months later the support for the scanner finally arrived. Thanks to the community - no complaints, but it can be annoying if your new hardware is simply not yet Linux ready... - Jörg