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  From: Andrew Galdes <AGaldes@elders.com.au>
  To  : Toby Corkindale <tjcorkin@sa.pracom.com.au>
  Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:06:39 +0930

RE: USB support in 2.2?

A

a dead end? i have no problems - as such. i have heard about this mdk 8 not
being very ... complete/stable. either way, im a mandrake fan and wont to
give it a go. Is there anyone in the city who has this on cd, which i could
borrow?

-----

just upgrade to mandrake 8 and you'll get the 2.4.x kernel, usb support and
apps, etc. etc. easily. Stick with mandrake, don't go to redhat.

You could just upgrade the kernel + utils manually, but if you've never
compiled something before, it'll probably take you a week of trial and error
before you get anywhere.

2.4 kernels are just simply much better.. 2.2 is a dead end..

TC

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, James Mclean wrote:
>
> Andrew,
>
> > right now i have my usb mouse (with an adaptor) going into the ps2
> > port.
> > what do i need to do to use USB?
> Why would you want to use a mouse with USB? Sure USB is cool, but i dont
see
> how a mouse can make any use of it, it only needs PS/2. The PS/2 port was
made
> for the mouse/kbd so use it. Sure having a USB scanner with no external
power
> is good, so save the USB port for that!
>
> > i am using Mandrake 7.2 with no modification to the kernel.
> More than likely check if you have 2.2.18 (or did manduckshit 7.2 have a
2.4.xx
> kernel??)
> you will need to RTFM then recomple and RTFM again.
>
>

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