Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:37:03 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Scott Reese <sreese@codysbooks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why won't my HP Scanner work with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20010116103703.A77671@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <3A636CF3.A6DA7F35@codysbooks.com>; from sreese@codysbooks.com on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:34:44PM -0800 References: <3A636CF3.A6DA7F35@codysbooks.com>
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On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:34:44PM -0800, Scott Reese wrote: > I have an HP ScanJet 5200C connected in parallel to my PC. I have gone > through the SANE documentation and it claims that it DOES support HP > Scanners connected in parallel. However, it requires two modules > (ppscsi and epst) which are available at: > ftp://ftp.torque.net/pub/ppSCSI-0.91.patch. The problem is that this > patch is intended for Linux and will not work on FreeBSD. I was > wondering if there was either a way to alter this patch so that it will > be compatible with FreeBSD or if there were any equivalent FreeBSD > patches. I would greatly appreciate any help that anyone is willing to > offer me on this. Have you tried building SANE using the ports sytem? Make sure your ports system is up to date, and then: cd /usr/ports/graphics/sane make && make install -- Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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