man, 28.03.2005 kl. 17.22 skrev Bob Gustafson: > I have a Compaq USB 2.0 Link adapter which has a wart in the middle of the > cable containing a Prolific Technology Inc. 2501 chip and unknown > microprocessor and memory, etc. > > It is to connect a Gateway Solo 2150 laptop (new disk with Fedora 3 - > pretty well updated using CDROMs and updates burned to CDROM) with desktop > Fedora3smp. > > Most everything else works nicely (tested on the desktop) - watching the > /var/log/messages, I can plug in a Keyspan USB serial, Macintosh USB > keyboard, Yahoo mini optical mouse, Flash USB drive - marvelous actions and > everything cites works as expected. Keyboard takes over as console > keyboard, Flash drive icon appears on desktop - marvelous. > > However, the host to host only puts one line in the log file: > > Mar 26 12:07:04 hoho2 kernel: usb 1-4: USB disconnect, address 3 > Mar 26 12:07:10 hoho2 kernel: usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using > ehci_hcd and address 4 > > (Actually two lines - one when I pulled it out, the 2nd when I pushed it in). > > The other end of the cable is plugged into the Gateway (to get power..) > although it does not seem to make it more intelligent at this stage. > > I updated hotplug and udev (to 50) and set DEBUG=true on udev. (on desktop) > > Reading through the man pages and documentation on hotplug and udev, it is > not so clear as to whether hotplug is even working on my system (no > hotplugd daemon), or whether it should. Lots of documentation, but then > words later saying, Oh, if you have a 2.6 system .. something else happens. > > It would be nice to have a doc that tells where an event comes into the > system at the begining, and then it is passed off to xyz, which then passes > if off to abc.. Sort of the ankle bone connected to the leg bone, connected > to the knee bone song. > > The Compaq gadget came with a mini-CD, but it is for Windows only. Maybe > there is something essential here? > > Hoping for a clue > > Bob Gustafson > > [root@hoho2 ~]# cd /sys/bus/usb > [root@hoho2 usb]# ls > devices drivers > [root@hoho2 usb]# cd devices > [root@hoho2 devices]# ls > 1-0:1.0 1-4 1-4:1.0 2-0:1.0 3-0:1.0 4-0:1.0 usb1 usb2 usb3 usb4 > [root@hoho2 devices]# cd 1-4 > [root@hoho2 1-4]# ls > 1-4:1.0 bDeviceSubClass configuration idVendor serial > bcdDevice bmAttributes detach_state manufacturer speed > bConfigurationValue bMaxPower devnum maxchild version > bDeviceClass bNumConfigurations driver power > bDeviceProtocol bNumInterfaces idProduct product > [root@hoho2 1-4]# cat idProduct > 2501 > [root@hoho2 1-4]# cat manufacturer > Prolific Technology Inc. > [root@hoho2 1-4]# > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list I know it's not exactly what you are asking for - but using a twisted ethernet cable and two ethernet cards are probably a *lot* easyer...
