On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Jean-Philippe Mengual wrote: > Hi, > Well it's very strange, but it seems the problem is physical. I was > said tha]s very rare, and the person who made my computer doesn't > understand. I'll do a new check with Windows, to see if USB is known.
That's a good idea. > If it is, problem isn't physical. Anyway if it is it's happent for a > short time, since 2 years ago, I could install updates VIA for USB on > Windows, before using Linux. > Before checking on Windows and buying my controller, I think I'll > build the last release of the kernel to see if something changes. > Maybe the kernel has a problem, doesn't have a piece of information > about USB for VIA. I was said too that VIA isn't easy to make work on > Linux. Most people have no trouble. But VIA's chips have strange behavior and the company hasn't provided much useful information about how to handle them. > But my question now is about the controller PCI USB: I was said that > on Windows, a driver is necessary, it'son a CD-ROM. I think there's > not any driver for Linux on this CD. So, how does Linux deals with > such controllers? What options do I have to build to see this > controller supported? How can I do? Do I have to choose a specific > controller, supported by the kernel? All the Linux USB controller drivers are already built into the kernel supplied by your Linux distribution. You don't have to select anything or install a new driver. If you want to configure your own kernel instead of using the configuration provided by your distribution, then in the USB Support part of the configuration you will have to select "UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support". Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
