Re: [SLE] Holding Linux back in pieces
From: Frits Wüthrich (frits_at_wuthrich.cc)
Date: 09/29/03
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To: SLE <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Date: 29 Sep 2003 23:01:34 +0200
You might want to take a look at :
http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#supported
Of the two scanners I have, only one is partially supported by sane, the
other is not supported at all, so Vuescan is a great help.
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 11:22, Curtis Rey wrote:
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> Hi all. Ok, so Linux is coming along nicely (despite the market games of
> some). However there are glaring holes in some things, that aren't
> necessarily Linux' or any of the distros fault per se.
>
> One thing is scanner support. Ironically Mac OSX is have this issue as well.
> I have to fairly nice scanners. One is an HP 4470c and the other is a Umax
> 4000U. Neither of these are support by Linux, or moreover, are not support
> "for" Linux by particular venders OEMs.
>
> I the case of both of these devices the manufacturer won't cooperate with the
> devs at the sane project and release any info so they can build a driver/s.
>
> I have been googling the hell out of this subject and this is why I've come to
> the conclusion that the devs have to Backwards engineer these devices and are
> still fight with them. in the case of the HP, it moreover a RealTek issue
> since the make the chip/components that are used in the HP device. To the
> devs credit they have tried repeatedly to contact Realtek about this and have
> gotten the cold shoulder (aka no reply ).
>
> Now I think that, since Linus is coming in to its own, that perhaps the Rep
> for the Linuc companies should be able to convince thosein charge could be
> persuaded by Linux/Linux distros to be a littlefriendly. But Ii'm not
> holding my breath.
>
> I strongly thing the scanner (as well as other common SOHO/SMB devices)
> software issues need to be addressed. Perhaps have SuSE exec meet with the
> company and persuad these OEMs to help out a little. Especially since these
> products (Umax and HP 4470) are no longer sold by HP.
>
> So, what's the big deal for these guys? The devices are no longer sold in the
> stores - and therefore what difference does it make if the open up the
> drivers that would just be sitting in the office on a disc. But Oh Well.
>
> <rant off>
>
> Cheers, Curtis.
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