On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 08:10:48PM -0800, Tim Maher wrote: > Fellow teachers, > > Also, I wonder if anybody can say whether this device, which connects > to the USB port and is reputed not to need special drivers for Windoze > or MacOS, actually works on Linux.
Something to consider is whether or not your USB port hardware itself is supported under Linux. I have no trouble using USB peripherals with my main desktop box, but I can't get Linux (SuSE 7.3) to recognize the USB on my laptop. Well, the kernel module loads, and the /proc/bus/usb pseudo file system mounts, but the same devices that work flawlessly on my desktop just don't work at all on the laptop. -Colin.
