On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:55:58 +1300 Andrew Errington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The biggest problem I had was getting the drivers working for Linux. I > shall spare you the details, but the supplied Win98 drivers worked on my > (Win98) laptop. I spent ages getting the Linux version going, but > eventually I did (with prodding and encouragement from Nick). Anyway, once > it was going and I saw it worked I put it back on the shelf. > > When I took it to Nick's office we still had trouble with the driver on his > machine (the USB stack needs a funky tweak), It all comes back, to make the driver work you needed to patch the kernel source, in the usb area. there was a patch which worked up to 2.6.3 or thereabouts. after that the source in the kernel tree had been modified and the patch no longer appllied cleanly. I see from the driver website; > HELP!!! My device isn't accepting its address when I plug it in!! > > This is a known problem... The devices do not implement the USB specification > correctly. There is a difference in enumeration between Linux and > Windows (both methods are valid according to the USB specification). > With the driver a patch to the USB stack is supplied for various kernels. > Also as of 2.6.10-rc2 this problem should be fixed. i also see that there is a newer patch file in the latest version i just downloaded, for kernel 2.6.7 (and hopefuly later). I might give it another try and see if it will work on my gentoo 2.6.9 kernel. I'll need Andy again when the timecommes, as i'm not gonna buy a device that i'm not sure i can use. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
