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Re: Unrecognised Usb2 virtual ports - no printer, scanner or camera detected.

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From: George Durbridge
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 11:29
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Dorothy <dorothy@email.is> wrote:

> New to Linux, I've just installed Mandrake9(kernel
2.4.19). Generally 
> works ok except for Usb2. The 3 virtual ports listed by an
updated 
> 'hardrake' are 'unrecognised'. Nothing on these ports is
detected. My 
> printer, an Epson 760 is good on the parallel port but
lies hidden on 
> any Usb2 port. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8ST667
working well with 
> Windows XP.

USB 2.0 support is a work in progress, with new software
coming out from time to time, including a new driver for VIA
chipsets this week.  I suggest you take a note of the
chipset in your motherboard and look at the latest fixes on
Mandrake's website.  If the doesn't help, google, using the
chipset identifier, USB 2.0 and Linux.

> Can anyone please suggest a way to fix this?
> Thankyou.
> 
> 
> Dot
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From: George Durbridge <gdurbrid@bigpond.net.au>
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Subject: Re: Unrecognised Usb2 virtual ports - no printer, scanner or camera detected.
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