HP ScanJet 5100c

[William Penton]

Thanks everyone.


  -william


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On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 04:45, didierbe at sps.nus.edu.sg wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 01:47:04PM -0600, William Penton wrote:
> > Howdy,
> > 
> > I have a parallel port HP ScanJet 5100c.  Fedora doesn't recognize it is
> > even hooked up.  Is there anyone that can help me figure out what to do
> > to make this thing work?
> 
> For this model, you're out of luck. I have this model too and normally
> you require some sort of a kernel patch called a ppscsi patch to do that
> located a long time ago at:
> 
> http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/parport/
> 
> But the developer himself, Tim Waugh, told me that he no longer
> maintains this patch for the present kernel 2.4x. 
> 
> If you're using Debian then you can find a dude
> still maintaining it but for RH/FC, forget it unless you want to do it
> yourself or you can find a maintainer. Do not attempt to recompile your kernel based on the old
> patch. I tried to and it was a mess!
> 
> This mail is to prevent you from losing your time with trying to
> troubleshoot this scanner and find solutions. Practical Solution: buy a usb scanner
> instead! 
> 
> If you're not convinced, read below:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> I have not been maintaining this patch for a long time now.  I tried to
> find someone to take over maintainership of it:
> 
> http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4134.html
> http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4276.html
> http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4333.html
> http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4526.html
> http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4582.html
> http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4764.html
> 
> but no-one stepped up.  However, someone does seem to be having a stab
> at it now:
> 
> http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/kernel-patch-ppscsi-2.4.html
> 
> Do not ask me questions about ppSCSI!
> 
> Tim.
> */
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