On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:27:38PM -0600, wolfm...@gmail.com wrote: > On 12/23/08, hend...@topoi.pooq.com <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > >> So exactly what model is your keyboard? > > > > It's an alphasmart neo. I've never found another keyboard that feels as > > good when I'm typing. And it can be used separate from the computer, > > too, wherupon is saves up what you type so that later, at the computer, > > it uploads everything by typing it into you word processor. It runs on > > three AA batteries for about nine months of normal use. > > > >> I don't have any trouble with > >> my self-powered USB hub and/or keyboard in any configuration. I > >> suspect that your keyboard isn't quite USB compliant and requires a > >> driver (that may exist by default and load automatically in other > >> OSs). > > > > The keyboard works without special effort on Windows, Mac, and > > Debian Linux. But yes, perhaps maemo has left out a driver that was > > present in Debian. And maybe it demands power from the USB port in > > hookup mode that it doesn't need otherwise. Perhaps draining USB power > > is how it recognises there's a computer there. > > > > I just know it's annoying. > > > > -- hendrik > > > > I'll bet it's a power issue, not a driver one. Try hooking it up > through a powered hub: if it works, that means it needs power for the > additional electronics that the tablet can't provide. If it doesn't > work, it's probably a driver issue. I know that my N800 can't power > USB memory drives, but works fine with my keyboards. Although it's > amazing to me that it actually can power the receiver for my wireless > keyboard. I would have thought that that would take at least as much > power as a memory drive, but apparently not. > > Mark
Will try. -- hendrik > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
