f_sophia
2005-Dec-29 16:29 UTC
[Wine] Hamlet' question about wine and scanner: to be or not to be (supported)?
Hi, I have an old partport optical scanner (an LG Scanwork 36a)... Of course,I can't use this scanner with linux (no driver). So, I'm trying to install win-driver with wine. :-) I read documentation (unfortunately insufficient) and... I fell in an "Hamlet' question"! The wine user manual asserts that I can install scanner's win-driver in wine, unfortunately with too much vagueness about "how". "Frank's corner" (FAQ page), on the contrary: [quotes] Q: Can I use Windows drivers with Wine? A: No [unquotes] The question is: Can I use win-driver for my scanner? If yes, how? Any help is very welcomed. Thanks Antonio
Stefan Leichter
2005-Dec-30 02:53 UTC
[Wine] Hamlet' question about wine and scanner: to be or not to be (supported)?
Am Donnerstag, 29. Dezember 2005 23:32 schrieb f_sophia:> Hi, > > I have an old partport optical scanner (an LG Scanwork 36a)... > Of course,I can't use this scanner with linux (no driver). > So, I'm trying to install win-driver with wine. :-) > I read documentation (unfortunately insufficient) and... I fell in an > "Hamlet' question"! > > The wine user manual asserts that I can install scanner's win-driver in > wine, unfortunately with too much vagueness about "how". > > "Frank's corner" (FAQ page), on the contrary: > [quotes] > Q: Can I use Windows drivers with Wine? > A: No > [unquotes] > > > The question is: > Can I use win-driver for my scanner? > If yes, how? > Any help is very welcomed. >Hello Antonio, at least one person was able to run his scanner software in wine, see: http://www2.autistici.org/tamarhack/wiki.htm Bye Stefan