RE: [Sheflug] Re: USB

[James Wallbank <nospam [at] lowtech.org>]

Hi Ian (and Richard)

>It looks as thought in the /proc/bus directory there is no usb directory for
>the port.

In general /proc subdirectories appear spontaneously when you do 
other stuff right...

>Would I have to insmod the port to create the directory?

.. so my guess is yes.

>My own SuSE systems work fine.  Looks as though SuSE have put a great
>deal of effort into this.

Personally, I've had great results under Mandrake 8.0 except this 
slight glitch with Compaqs - but the ports are on the motherboard and 
Compaq are notorious for their proprietary hardware solutions. With a 
regular PCI USB card I've had no problems.

I haven't tried SuSE on the Compaqs - but we could - we have some 
spares for experimentation! How about installing one with SuSE to 
test 'em head-to-head? If I can make it I'll bring one along to the 
next meeting (which will be a first for me - I haven't been avoiding 
you all, I've just been busy on those days!)

Uh oh... I can feel a "my distro's better than yours" debate approaching... ;-)

Cheers,

James
=====

>Thanks
>Ian
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sheflug-bounce@vuw.ac.nz [mailto:nospam [at] vuw.ac.nz]On
>Behalf Of Richard Ibbotson
>Sent: 26 June 2001 10:33
>To: Sheflug
>Subject: [Sheflug] Re: USB
>
>
>Dear All
>
>>  4) Much random experimentation seemed to suggest that the one that
>>  seemed to be causing the hang-ups was usb-uhci. Not sure whether
>>  this'll be a problem with your system.
>
>My own SuSE systems work fine.  Looks as though SuSE have put a great
>deal of effort into this.
>
>More than a few people have said to me that it looks as though Linux
>will be much better for USB than any Microsoft product.
>
>Anyone had any USB experiences with Red Hat or Debian ?  Matt ?? .....
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>Richard
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