Cuecat Scanner Driver
I just got a USB CueCat. It's great. We don't need the LHC because I've created my own Big Bang of Nerd sitting here scanning books and giggling. However:
It isn't working with my linux (Slackware 12.0, custom 2.6.26 kernel) laptop. The 'cat powers up and then goes to sleep after a minute as expected, but I am not seeing any text when I scan. (Works fine under Windows). According to http://http://progear.sourceforge.ne...ear/node8.html, section 6.3.6, the CueCat requires the HID Boot Protocol (hidbp) drivers rather than the preferred generic USB HID driver. The information in the kernel config text is grimly against using the hidbp drivers but the author of that page claimed no problems.
Is anyone using a USB cuecat under a recent kernel? What, if anything, did you have to do to get it to work?
Does anyone know why the HIDBP driver (usbkbd.o) is evil? What problems am I facing if I choose to use it instead of the more general hid driver?
Any help or further advice is much appreciated.
thanks----
quiescere
It isn't working with my linux (Slackware 12.0, custom 2.6.26 kernel) laptop. The 'cat powers up and then goes to sleep after a minute as expected, but I am not seeing any text when I scan. (Works fine under Windows). According to http://http://progear.sourceforge.ne...ear/node8.html, section 6.3.6, the CueCat requires the HID Boot Protocol (hidbp) drivers rather than the preferred generic USB HID driver. The information in the kernel config text is grimly against using the hidbp drivers but the author of that page claimed no problems.
Is anyone using a USB cuecat under a recent kernel? What, if anything, did you have to do to get it to work?
Does anyone know why the HIDBP driver (usbkbd.o) is evil? What problems am I facing if I choose to use it instead of the more general hid driver?
Any help or further advice is much appreciated.
thanks----
quiescere
Cuecat Driver
Phillips-head Screwdriver (to get the:Cat apart) Small screwdriver, razor blade, pen knife of X-Acto knife (take your pick) for cutting or prying (Optional) Piece of wire The first thing you need to do is remove the 2 or 4 screws (depending on which version you. This is a simple driver to allow you to process the output from Pierre's linux cuecat driver. It's basically a regexp matching job; that's why it's written in perl. The script and a sample config file can be found here. The config file contains the matching algorithms as well as the approriate actions to take, and it's where the heavy lifting.