From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 17 17:56:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B2B816A420 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:56:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from mail.united-ware.com (am-productions.biz [69.61.164.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59D3743D5D for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:56:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (am-productions.biz [69.61.164.22]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.united-ware.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jBHHxRpQ072875 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:59:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) From: Anish Mistry To: Gary Kline Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:57:59 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <20051217010221.GA60469@thought.org> <200512170239.21203.mistry.7@osu.edu> <20051217082131.GA78299@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20051217082131.GA78299@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1189529.VO3nH7yC7R"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200512171258.23622.mistry.7@osu.edu> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, MYFREEBSD3 autolearn=failed version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on mail.united-ware.com X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87/1211/Fri Dec 16 17:51:35 2005 on mail.united-ware.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP ScanJet 4100c? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:56:22 -0000 --nextPart1189529.VO3nH7yC7R Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 17 December 2005 03:21 am, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 02:39:07AM -0500, Anish Mistry wrote: > > On Friday 16 December 2005 11:31 pm, you wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 08:19:21PM -0500, Anish Mistry wrote: > > > > On Friday 16 December 2005 08:02 pm, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > Do I have to build it into the kernel or what? IOW, what's > > > the deal with USB stuff? I've had enough headbanging with ye > > > olden COM[1234] ports. But it's time to get my fingers wet. > > > > Depending on what version of FreeBSD you're running you might > > want to build usb into the kernel. If you just run "kldload > > uscanner" it should automatically load the usb kernel module, if > > it's not already in the default kernel, which I think it may be.=20 > > The usb stuff should work fine as long as you don't have some > > funky chipset. 6.0-RELEASE should have pretty good support for > > usb. > > I just tried a "lkdload uscanner" on my ThinkPad running 5.4 > and got This just means that it is already built into the kernel. Just plug=20 in the scanner and you should see uscanner0: some stuff appear on the=20 console. > > kldload: can't load uscanner: File exists > > In the USB section in /boot/loader.conf, everything was > set to NO. Which of these options should I switch to YES. > ---This goes for my other FBSD servers too. I've never > used anything usb so I'll check my KERNEL config files too. > > All my hardware is fairly standard. Intel, HP, whatever > ThinkPad has, and whatever's on the USB 2.0 m'board on my > just-shipped AMD system. I stick to the Keep It Simple Sir > philosophy, so if I need to buy a USB board I well. Meanwhile, > if you have any feedback about the /boot/loader.conf and > KERNEL config files, I'd like to hear them. > > thanks! > > gary =2D-=20 Anish Mistry --nextPart1189529.VO3nH7yC7R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDpFG/xqA5ziudZT0RAix6AKDFjDGPn4j/GlK0sUwiFxUkBvWK3wCfV9+M UkMPwr/ElTV0s8s4ZBMz928= =fdfL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1189529.VO3nH7yC7R--