Subject: Re: USB PCI Cards and USB KVM Switches for Linux?
From: Reid Anderson (resander@cs.hamilton.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 04 2000 - 12:27:54 MDT
So does anyone have any idea when USB compatability will be incorporated
into YDL? I would like to set this KVM Switch up, but I need to know if I
should get a USB card and tinker until I get YDL to support it, or do I buy
a USB-ADB adapter (about twice the cost!)? If anyone know what to do,
specifically, to YDL to get it to recognize USB items, it would be greatly
appreciated!
Thanks,
Reid Anderson
resander@cs.hamilton.edu
> From: Richard Petty <techie@austin.rr.com>
> Reply-To: techie@austin.rr.com
> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 01:29:39 -0500
> To: resander@cs.hamilton.edu
> Subject: Re: USB PCI Cards and USB KVM Switches for Linux?
>
> I'm currently using the IOGEAR 4-port USB switch with a beige G3
> minitower running MacOS 9.0.4 and PowerBook (Lombard) running the
> current release of YDL.
>
> Works great.
>
> However, that's NOT what you are proposing. Previously, I tried to run
> YDL with a Power Computing box and a Belkin USB card. "No es bueno."
>
> I got errors. I farted around with custom kernels (USB backports) but
> succeeded only in messing up X.
>
> If you are handy at messing around with modified kernels and think you
> can make Linux work with USB, you'll love it.
>
> I moved my Linux work from the Power Computing box to the PowerBook as
> the PowerBook supports natively in hardware. When kernel 2.4 is
> released, USB should work for everyone -- including old machines -- and
> I'll move my Linux work back to the Power Computing box.
>
> Just a warning...
>
> --Richard
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