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Trying to install a automotive usb obd scanner and can't install driver for program

Asked by Tom seeley

Trying to install a automotive usb obd scanner and can't install driver for program.

its a windows based program drivers

I have tryed wine. it installs the program fine but the usb drivers will not install. useing ubuntu 12.04 what do i do

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Does it not get detected if you run xsane or simplescan?

can you give the output of:

lsusb; lsb_release -a; uname -a

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said : 		#2

Tom
Check out these sites.
http://freediag.sourceforge.net/
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:scantool
Second one gives Sudo and Aptitude commands.

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Michael Nagel (nailor) said : 		#3

I dont think this is about a scanner (in the scan/print/fax sense of the word). Unassigned from simple-scan.

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