On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 10:01:40AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:52:41PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > It's been a _long_ time since I've had a problem with a PCI USB card. > > If nobody pipes up with a negative, then I'd suggest that you give it > > a shot. The odds are in your favor. > > > > By the way, you may want to write to Belkin and ask them if the card > > will work with Linux. At the very least, you are expressing interest > > in having Belkin develop for Linux. They will never write "works with > > Linux" on the box if nobody is asking for it. Here is their address: > > http://www.belkin.com/contactus/index.asp > > Here's the reply I received from Startech: > > Both chipsets (Nvidia and NEC) are natively supported in the Linux = > kernel since 2.4.x, but we do not directly support these cards in Linux, = > nor have we tested with Debian, so compatibility cannot be guaranteed. > > Sincerely, > Ray Aoki > Technical Support Team > StarTech.com > Tel: 519 455-9675 > Tel: 800 265-1844 > Fax: 519 455-9425
The Startech PCI625USB2I 6-port (4 external, 2 internal) with the nVidia chipset works just fine, using the normal usbcore module, handled automatically by udev in Etch. Just thought I'd close out this thread with a solution for the archive. Thanks for your help. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
