On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:28:43 +0100, Marc Aymerich wrote: > >> Today I've tried to connect my mouse through +10meters USB cable. Seems >> that it works pretty well despite of what the RFC says about maximum >> cable lenght :) the only problem I have is that ~5% of mouse clicks are >> lost. > > "The only problem"?! You're very optimistic :-) >
I didn't expect that this was going to work at all.. :) >> I want to try putting the bus speed to a lower rate. Is this posible ? >> for example, can I force a USB2.0 bus to work in USB1.0 mode or >> something like that? > > Yes, well, you can use an USB 1.0/1.1 cable with a USB 2.0 hub/device, > the speed will be automatically reduced to the lowest speed of all the > involved compotents which in this case will be the cable. > > But there has to be a better way to extend the distance by using > repeaters (hubs) or USB specific designed cables that can achieve longer > distances. > Yes, sure, I can buy a new bluetooth mouse too, but it will be great if I can solve this just with the components that I already have. btw, if the driver can change the bus speed according to the type of cable (usb1/usb2) it is a shame not have this kind of control through OS. -- Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ca+dcn_sh7_w_erzrn_qdecnwugje6wx0tqaomy--uouo3bd...@mail.gmail.com