Has anyone ever made scanning work?

[Bill Davidsen]

alan wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:13:11 -0400
>> Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone ever made scanning actually work with FC6 or FC7? I have
>>> been trying in spare time for months, and bought a brand new Epson
>>> perfection 2480 Photo scanner because it was supported.
>>
>> Hello, Bill
>> I have an Epson Perfection 2400 Scanner.  I have been using it with
>> Fedora Core 6 ever since it was released.  MAY have used it with FC3,
>> can't remember.  I skipped FC4, so I can't comment on that.
>> In every case, it has, like another poster noted, "Just Worked."  For
>> example, after I did my most recent fresh install of FC6, the scanner
>> worked perfectly without having to do anything to make it work.
> 
> Just remember that scanners will not work if they are plugged into a USB 
> hub.  Not certain why, but it acts the same under Windows.
> 
Don't have a hub AFAIK, certainly none in use, there may be one in a box 
somewhere. Good thought, though.

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