I completely agree with Rene... Not that I wanna start a thread here but
- I have got HP 3300C, Crystal soundcard ( both unsupported by "linux" as such ) successfully work in most of distro's - I do have wife and I dont wear glasses and I am certainly no rocket scientist. -----Original Message----- From: sane-devel-ad...@mostang.com [mailto:sane-devel-ad...@mostang.com] On Behalf Of Rene Rebe Sent: Tuesday, 19 February 2002 6:22 PM To: fsa...@arrakis.es Cc: sane-de...@mostang.com; clare_pinc...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [sane-devel] One last try What unqualified statemant is this? Normally I do not reply to such a garbage - because it is 99% wasted time ... On: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 04:08:48 +0100, scc <fsa...@arrakis.es> wrote: > Linux will never improve in that area. No one will be able to meet you > on your level and will constantly refer you to rtfq. I'm afraid That some backend are under construction (like my Avision one is) is simply due to the missing support from the manufactures! I try to get info from HP since the last CeBIT in 2001 (this is one year now!). Since Oliver proudly sponsored a scanner for me I adapted the backend in a few days! The Avision SCSI part works flawlessly since 1999 ... ;-) > that you still need to be a rocket science graduate with thick rimmed > spectacles and no girlfriend to be able to come to terms with scanners > under Linux. You miss a girlfriend ;-)? > Unless you have SuSE 7.3 an Epson USB scanner and a free weekend that > is ;-) Why not get an Epson and save yourself a lot of misery? From > what you say you are still miles away from the HP working and forget > it scanning from gimp. that takes 2 years. Any old 640U works Are you on drugs (constantly)? Scanning from gimp only requires two tiny symlink - or a clever package maintainer from your disto ... > right out of the box. You can pick them up for next to nothing in > supermarket chains. But most people do not want to buy a seconds scanner and pollute the nature by throwing it into the trash ... > Now this message should have just ruffled enough feathers of the > rocket science scanner graduates to get you the help you need. If not, > give us a buzz. Me? I use Umax. Fine for you. You only consume our work. Nice for you. Maybe you could be more respectfully about the work do - sometimes without NO support fomr the scanner manufacture. Guessing what bits the scanner might like to get and which bits not. > Best wishes and good luck from a realistic Steve, Alicante, España. > > BTW what is 1.07 Sane? By the way: What is BTW and what about replying with the original subject? Should I count the typos in your post? k33p h4ck1n6 René -- René Rebe (Registered Linux user: #248718 <http://counter.li.org>) eMail: rene.r...@gmx.net r...@rocklinux.org Homepage: http://drocklinux.dyndns.org/rene/ Anyone sending unwanted advertising e-mail to this address will be charged $25 for network traffic and computing time. By extracting my address from this message or its header, you agree to these terms. _______________________________________________ Sane-devel mailing list sane-de...@www.mostang.com http://www.mostang.com/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel
