Moreover, the device worked last year in Windows XP before I converted to the Church of Linux. The VueScan site claims the MicroTek 5800 works with VueScan, so the problem seems to be that Linux Mint doesn't recognize it. (Well, it does detect the external drives.) Trying to fix this issue caused me a whole lot of problems, so now I don't fool around with attempting to install extra VirtualBox packages) (In fact, the VM can't detect any USB devices. I have the Windows CDROM driver, but the scanner is not detected. Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Vendor: HUAWEI Model: SD Storage Rev: 2.31 Vendor: HUAWEI Model: Mass Storage Rev: 2.31 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 06 Vendor: WD Model: My Passport 07A8 Rev: 1042 Vendor: ATA Model: ST1000DM003-9YN1 Rev: CC4D VueScan is a scanning program that can be used with most high-quality flatbed and film scanners to generate scans with color fidelity and color balance. Vendor: HL-DT-ST Model: DVDRAM GH22NS90 Rev: HN00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 Vendor: ATA Model: KINGSTON SV300S3 Rev: 505A

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