Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 09:03:01 -0700 From: "Joseph I. Davida" <jd108@pacbell.net> To: dhh@monroe.net Cc: Volker Stolz <stolz@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> Subject: Re: HP OfficeJet Linux driver Message-ID: <3F2FD535.3040904@pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <200308051735.h75HZWB00546@mx1.monroe.net> References: <200308051735.h75HZWB00546@mx1.monroe.net>
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Thanks Duane. I will try it. However, I still need to point hpoj in that direction to link up with that lib. Cheers, Joe Duane H. Hesser wrote: > On 05-Aug-2003 Volker Stolz wrote: > ... > >>"hpoj versions 0.8 and 0.90 don't support USB connectivity on non-Linux operating >>systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. However, the latest code in CVS >>"should" support platforms that support libusb, but this has not yet been verified. >>Success or failure reports would be greatly appreciated." > > ... > >>Regards, >> Volker >>-- > > > The "libusb" mentioned above is (probably) not the libusb distributed with FreeBSD. > I'm guessing a bit, but there is a separate, Linux-oriented libusb which is used > (at least) for a usb-enabled version of "photopc". I've been using that version > of photopc for a couple of years now to download from my Nikon990. > > It seems reasonable to assume that this version of libusb (patched to support > FreeBSD) is probably what the hpoj port wants in order to support USB. I don't > know this for a fact, but you might want to check it out if you still want to > enable USB in hpoj. > > You can find links to (the FreeBSD-patched version of) libusb on the photopc/USB > page at > > http://www.math.ualberta.ca/imaging/ > > There is also a later patch there to accommodate some symbol name changes for > FreeBSD 4.6 and later. > >
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