From: Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...> - 2003-11-10 08:38:06
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> On Friday 07 November 2003 19:13, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: > > > isn't there a limitation of the length of usb cables ? > > smth between 5-10 meters ? > > Dunno. But since you mention it, I couldn't find USB cables longer than > 3 meters when I searched for it, and I found cables with amplifiers at > 30 meters. It is reasonable to expect a limit, yeah, but I mean, five > meters...? :-) > > However, I'm pretty sure I saw this problem, before I realized what the > problems was, without the extension cables. > i'm sure it's between 5m & 10m, i had strange issues with Mac OS X & a usb printer, and i had to google a bit, until i found it > > have you tried ruby with linux-2.6.0-test9 ? > > No, but I did try with, uhm, I think it was test8 (Andreas...?). > Couldn't get it booted. Tried a few different things, and also a > non-ruby test9 kernel without success. Seems to die at some APIC > things. Since Linus seems to actually be soliciting the feedback of J. > Random Desktop User in > http://www.oetrends.com/news.php?action=view_record&idnum=277 > I thought I'd wait a few days and give test10 a whirl and tell the > hackers what I found, it should be out pretty soon, unless Linus decides that 2.6.0 is ready :-) have you tried passing "acpi=off pci=noacpi" or even disabling acpi in the kernel configuration? i had to use it for a long time to get my KT400 based mobo up and running svetljo -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++ |