I, too, am frustrated after trying to get a solution for my Linux Red Hat 9. I have an HP laptop that I am using to try out Linux. The Linksys USB wireless adapter works great on three other computers with Windows. Everywhere I look to find out where to get help points me to this list. I'm having a hard time getting any answers (particularly in plain english). I really am interested in open source, but somebody needs to make this stuff more user friendly. A little help, please...
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francisco Fossa Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 5:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Linux-usb-users] usb hub hangs, no real help anywhere! Hi, I wrote to this list before, someone told me just to upgrade the kernel... and that didn�t helped. In fact I had a lot of fun trying a lot of kernels, downloading sources, (almost a GB so far), and trying configs compilation files, but NONE of them worked with USB support for my Laptop Compaq 1210us. In fact only the Rage Mobility Video card and the sound card worked at the first install. Everything else needed retouch. But USB is my real need. I suppose that this laptop is the problem. Duron 850Mhz etc, almost everything VIA chips, works with ACPI, PCI and ISA pnp, PCMCIA, etc. But listen, other OS, like WinME (1999! software), WinXP, FreeDOS, MSDOS, from the box recognize that the USB hub is UHCI... You wouldn�t believe me, but I succeded at installing WinME on my USB harddrive, just for fun. I don�t even need to read the internal hd!!!, just a diskette and the USB harddrive!. I would gladly exchange the tricks, but I need serious help here. Well, I was working with RedHat 9.0 kernel 2.4.20-8 (from the box), then 2.4.20-19.9 (RH last stable), then 2.4.21 (official last stable), then 2.5.75 (desperate meassures)... all of them booted correctly WITHOUT USB, I mean with "nousb" as parameter. All of them were then recompiled succesfully, with very little change, only the USB part to support UHCI, and all of them hanged abruptly and without any warning at the first boot, as simply as that. Where? exactly after USB lines. IRQ 5 etc... 2 ports etc. and then, nothing. If you wnat to help me I would send you the exact lines, just tell me what kernel! When working with modules, insmod uhci (any), ohci or ehci didn�t worked either. There has to be another way; from my point of view Linux is useless without USB support. I need the Linux to support my old hub. This laptop is not new, why the new kernels do nothing with it?, and for anyone�s sake! this is a Compaq, not exactly pirateware!!, do I need to become an expert just to read some file on my usb harddrive? I�m not an expert with Linux, but I�m not a newbie with computers, so please, I need an expert to help me out. I�m going to refuse to use Linux anymore, just for this little thing? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by Dice.com. Did you know that Dice has over 25,000 tech jobs available today? From careers in IT to Engineering to Tech Sales, Dice has tech jobs from the best hiring companies. http://www.dice.com/index.epl?rel_code=104 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by Dice.com. Did you know that Dice has over 25,000 tech jobs available today? From careers in IT to Engineering to Tech Sales, Dice has tech jobs from the best hiring companies. http://www.dice.com/index.epl?rel_code4 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
