USB scanners are broken

[Sandy Pond]

On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 09:28 +0100, fedora.core2 at chello.nl wrote:
> Jurgen wrote: 
> > Right.  The usbscanner kernel module was removed after 2.6.1 (which
> > is the kernel in the original FC2 Test 1).  So in FC2t1 it still
> > worked, thereafter USB scanners are broken.
>   Probably
> > best thing for Fedora would be to add the usbscanner module
> > back in with a kernel patch for now.
> > 
> 
> Yes please!!!! I need a working scanner under FC2.
> 
> If usblib is unstable then we need a usbscanner module in the kernel.

I think it works ... it works for me ... but setup is a problem.
However, I agree that they should restore the old support if they can't
get the new setup functioning better (more transparent).  Also, they
should do this soon so that FC2 can stabilize.