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On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:57:31 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> >> What I like about VBox is that you get all the useful bits in the |
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> >> open-source version. |
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> > Except USB support. |
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> Huh? |
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> I used VirtualBox with a MSWindowsXP guest to use a "negatives" scanner |
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> that would refuse to work with Sane as the device has some weird |
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> initialization routines that need to be controlled by the actual driver. |
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Are you using the open source version, or the free-as-in-beer version? |
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USB support was not included in the open source version, try installing |
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app-emulation/virtualbox-ose and see for yourself. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Never ask a geek why, just nod your head and slowly back away |
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