On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 01:47:04PM -0600, William Penton wrote: > Howdy, > > I have a parallel port HP ScanJet 5100c. Fedora doesn't recognize it is > even hooked up. Is there anyone that can help me figure out what to do > to make this thing work? For this model, you're out of luck. I have this model too and normally you require some sort of a kernel patch called a ppscsi patch to do that located a long time ago at: http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/parport/ But the developer himself, Tim Waugh, told me that he no longer maintains this patch for the present kernel 2.4x. If you're using Debian then you can find a dude still maintaining it but for RH/FC, forget it unless you want to do it yourself or you can find a maintainer. Do not attempt to recompile your kernel based on the old patch. I tried to and it was a mess! This mail is to prevent you from losing your time with trying to troubleshoot this scanner and find solutions. Practical Solution: buy a usb scanner instead! If you're not convinced, read below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have not been maintaining this patch for a long time now. I tried to find someone to take over maintainership of it: http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4134.html http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4276.html http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4333.html http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4526.html http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4582.html http://www.torque.net/parport/archive/current/4764.html but no-one stepped up. However, someone does seem to be having a stab at it now: http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/kernel-patch-ppscsi-2.4.html Do not ask me questions about ppSCSI! Tim. */ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- With kind regards, Didier --- PhD student Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS) 5 Research Link, Singapore 117603 Email: slsbdfc at nus dot edu dot sg \or\ didierbe at sps dot nus dot edu dot sg Website: http://ssls.nus.edu.sg
