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george wrote: > I reckon that there are 2 problems with Linux as the desktop and the worst > one, in my opinion, is getting scanners to work. I've had several goes at > getting my Epson 3490 to work and have given up and installed it on XP > running on Vitual Box. Sane says that support is for it is good but I have > had no success. Maybe it is because I have not found any clear instructions > anywhere for installation. This needs to be sorted as scanners are not > exactly uncommon. > > The other problem of course is wireless. Ok I have a Broadcom card which > ain't the best but tell that to a Windows user. I can get the network to > work on boot but the received signal is very low. I can get it to work with > manual input which gives very good signal strength. I'm trying to learn a > bit about shell scripts to see if I can automate what I do or modify the boot > process but that ain't the answer for the rest of the world. > > End of Sunday morning rant. The cat was in hiding so I had to have a go at > someone. > > George > have you got the scanner working in your virtual windows? I installed windows in a VMware virtual machine so I could use my HP scanner, but no luck. It turns out that the virtual machine can't handle USB 2 for scanning. It does however support USB 1, so I bought a USB 1 hub/converter for a few quid and run the scanner through this. It works fine and doesn't even seem particularly slow. Don't know if this is the case for virtualbox, but might be worth a google... The best option, though not helpful if you've spent your cash already, is to buy a scanner made by Brother. I was gobsmacked when I wanted to network a scanner run off my partners window box to find that Brother have linux and/or cups drivers for seemingly all the printers/scanners they've ever marketed. Really one of the most comprehensive and well documented set of drivers I've come across. Brother really do seem to support linux, http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html. Simon -- Simon Robert www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html