From f0d03972730c5f672e6d0d3e79291ead81b7ce1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Heinz Kremer Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:31:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added "usb" entry in config file for libusb. This way, most scanners will be recognized automatically. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ backend/epson.conf | 16 +++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index c04b77aba..4571c8e0a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2004-04-14 Karl Heinz Kremer + + * backend/epson.conf: Added "usb" entry for libusb + 2004-04-14 Rene Rebe * backend/avision.h, backend/avision.c: the current development state, diff --git a/backend/epson.conf b/backend/epson.conf index 417b8d8bc..df4c3a62e 100644 --- a/backend/epson.conf +++ b/backend/epson.conf @@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ scsi EPSON #pio 0x378 #pio 0x3BC # -# USB scanner - only enable this if you have an EPSON scanner. It could -# otherwise block your non-EPSON scanner from being -# recognized. -# Depending on your distribution, you may need either the -# first or the second entry. +# USB scanner: +# There are two different methods of configuring a USB scanner: libusb and the kernel module +# For any system with libusb support (which is pretty much any recent Linux distribution) the +# following line is sufficient. This however assumes that the connected scanner (or to be more +# accurate, it's device ID) is known to the backend. +usb +# For libusb support for unknown scanners use the following command +# usb +# e.g.: +# usb 0x4b8 0x110 +# And for the scanner module, use the following configuration: #usb /dev/usbscanner0 #usb /dev/usb/scanner0