I might be off here, but I think the specs only support two ports in the computer itself, you can attach more devices by daisy chaining them or running them through a (powered) USB HUB.
M. > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph A Nagy Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 3:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: PCI USB Card Causing Problems > > > Although I no longer have the device in question (got pissed > and gave it > to my future bro-in-law), I have some questions that I'd like > answered > before I blow another $20-$40 on a USB PCI card. > > I bought a rather generic (forget the brand) USB card for my box so I > can use my scanner and web cam (currently the only two ports > on my box > are taken up by my keyboard and mouse). I figured I could > just plug the > card in, turn on the box, and kudzu would detect and help me > configure > the damn thing. Not. A. Chance. Once we got to loading modules and > mounting drives, I got an error message stating something along the > lines of "mount /proc/partitions: only root can mount", it'd > go through > loading some modules, then when it came to mount /, it'd drop > me down to > an error message stating I needed to enter ro maintenance > mode, but that > wouldn't work because the USB modules wouldn't load! I > removed the card > and figured, okay. Lesson learned. Uh-uh. Same problem w/o > card. Wound > up reinstalling system completely (which took about half a > dozen tries > and two days due to various errors). I tried at first to do a fresh > install with the card. Everything seemed to have gone fine, > except when > it tried to load the modules for the card, it'd kill the > module for my > keyboard and mouse and the X Server wouldn't start! Another > half a dozen > tries later I finally have a working system w/o the USB card. > The card > supported USB 2.0. > > WTF happened? Does RedHat not support PCI USB cards? > -- > Wielder of the mighty +1 LARTsaber of Unsubscribe > Instructions At End of > Message, > the +3 Clue-by-Four of No Attachments to a Mailing List, > and the -4 Shield of No Spell Checker > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
