I am a newbie to Linux, but wanted to ask everyone about what seems to be a VIA USB hardware controller bug in initial hardware detection...optical mice and a printer in particular. I've been using Kernel 2.6.8/9. Paul (from Rocklyte Systems) and I have been trying to fix a problem with my USB optical mice under the Athene Linux distro. Here’s the situation in a nutshell:
*Computer being used is a laptop-Gateway 7405GX AMD Athlon64, 512MB RAM, and a 60GB hard drive…4 USB ports with VIA controller *USB optical mice not detected on startup of Athene Linux in 3 out of 4 ports…same with my Samsung ML-1710 *Mouse would not respond to movement; Paul at Rocklyte had me try several “tests” at the command line *Mouse and printer are both detected when using 1 of the 4 ports *’lspci’ command seems to show 1 USB port and 3 “hubs”; shouldn't they all be alike??? *Hubs don’t appear to be initialized properly on startup; however, the USB mouse does function when it’s unplugged and replugged into any of the USB ports (hotplug OK) *I can send info from 'lspci'...just tell me where to send/post it I think this is a VIA USB controller problem; both Windoze and Linux users have reported this problem. What a pain to replug devices for them to be detected! Can a workaround for this issue be put into the kernel? I know that it shouldn't have to be this way. TIA, Gene Have you heard of this problem? Thank you very much for your time. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
