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Date:      Sun, 23 Apr 2000 12:28:24 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to get FreeBSD to work with my Scanner
Message-ID:  <20000423122824.I4675@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <00042412211104.00333@freebsd.freebsd.org>
References:  <00042412211104.00333@freebsd.freebsd.org>

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On Monday, 24 April 2000 at 12:16:55 +1000, Danny wrote:
>
> --
>
> -Hello over the last few  months I have finally to make FreeBSD my workstation
> also.
> -I have invested in Applixware for FreeBSD to do my job on FreeBSD, etc etc
> The only final stepping stone is to get my scanner working on FreeBSD
>
> -The scanner is plugged to the parallel port
> -The scanner is Optic Pro
>
> Question
>
> -I what entry I have to add /sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL file to get FreeBSD to work
> with the scanner

You shouldn't need any kernel mods.

> -What do I do with MAKEDEV to get my scanner to work

Nothing.

What you *do* need is a scanner package such as sane.  Take a look at
the port (/usr/ports/graphics/sane).

Greg
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