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Yes, my scanner worked no problem in my Virtual Box setup first time. I only have 1 usb port enabled. And, of course, it works because there is a manufacturers driver for it in Windows. As you say about Brother, if only all manufacturers were like that with Linux drivers. George On Monday 25 February 2008, Simon Robert wrote: > > 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