> > Hello folks, > > > > I have two questions. > > Firstly, I've tried to recompile a newer 2.4-pre kernel, and have had > > minimal success. > > I seek some ideas because I think there are other ways to get USB support > > but I don't really know. > > Have you checked out http://www.linux-usb.org/ ? Reports there indicate > that USB works fine for the 2.2.17 kernel for a wide range of hardware (I was > looking into printers, scanners and zip drives, but you could check the > current support for ethernet cards yourself) > > Drew
The backport doesn't do USB parallel ports because that portion was too dependent on the new infrastructure in 2.4... but I've had success with mice, USB floppy bays, keyboards, and heard of success with cameras under the backport. * Heather Stern * star@ many places...
