[plug] Newbys guide

[Timothy White]

Cameron Patrick wrote:

>Timothy White wrote:
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>>>odd.  I want reliable USB support and parallel port support for a
>>>printer. I also want to be able to send and receive faxes.
>>>
>>>
>>Not wanting to sound like a broken record but I believe that Debian
>>should be able to do all of that.
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>Heh.  Reliable USB?  Linux?  Bah.  Well, some USB devices work
>reliably for me (mice, keyboards, cameras, RS232 serial port adapters)
>but I find USB storage devices (flash drives and hard drives) to often
>need to be plugged and unplugged a few times before they'll show up.
>Likewise firewire disc drives.  A lot of USB devices just aren't
>supported at all under Linux.  Others "sorta kinda" work.  Oh, and
>some USB chipsets are completely broken in certain kernel versions
>(e.g. nforce USB in 2.6.8 would never work for me).  Yay.
>
>Okay, I'll stop ranting now, I think I'm scaring the newbies and I
>should probably be setting a good example or something. :-/
>
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Everything that I've tried has worked. Ok, so it is only cameras and
flash drives but plug-in and I'm away. With the hal hotplug layer
running everything is sweet. No mounts or anything, just auto.

Tim

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