On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Tilman Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bobby Martin wrote: > > Hi Torsten, > > > > The neo doesn't seem to detect that a USB cable supplied 500 mA of > > power unless it can network with the PC on the other end of the cable > > via USB. I know I've connected the neo to a Windows machine w/o the > > networking set up and watched the battery die. > > Hm. I never tried Windows. But this does not make much sense to me. > The Os just has to select a device configuration to allow it to draw > power. This does not mean it has to have a driver for it. > I'm pretty much sure my linux server which i sometimes use for charging > does not have any driver whatsoever for this device. But it charges nicely. > > Strange. But however, it is windows... >
The trouble is Window's driver architecture. Whenever a new device is plugged in it has to be "installed". It doesn't matter that the neo is a generic sort of USB device, Windows will totally refuse to talk to it until you "install". It also needs to be told that it's a sort of device that it recognizes. The solution is to make sure to read this: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_and_Windows and use this: http://privat.wmo.de/~c_schweers/NeoRndis.inf (except this link seems to be dead right now) -Nick
