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>12.29. Universal Serial Bus - USB</H1
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>12.29.1. Linux Compatibility Check</H2
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>&#13; You should get information about the <SPAN
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>USB</SPAN
> controller
with <B
CLASS="command"
>cat /proc/pci</B
> and about <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>USB</SPAN
>
devices with <B
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>cat /proc/bus/usb/devices</B
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>12.29.2. Miscellaneous</H2
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>&#13; Newer laptops come equipped with the Universal Serial Bus -
<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>USB</SPAN
>. The following <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>USB</SPAN
> devices are
available, not all of them are
fully supported by Linux yet:
keyboard,
mouse,
printer,
tablet,
camera,
cpia,
webcam,
MP3 player,
modem,
wireless LAN,
audio,
jukebox,
scanner,
storage (hard drive, memory stick),
floppydrive,
ZIP,
Super Disk - LS 120,
compact flash reader,
CD,
BlueTooth,
ethernet,
serial,
joystick,
USB Host-to-Host Cable,
hub
.
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>&#13; Visit the
<A
HREF="http://www.linux-usb.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>USB Linux</A
> home page. Also I
have set up a page collecting information about laptops and mobile devices
using <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>USB</SPAN
> at the
<A
HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/hardware.html"
TARGET="_top"
>TuxMobil - Mobile Hardware Survey</A
> .
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>&#13; Please note, I have got a report that the power by a laptop via USB is not
enough for some kind of devices, e.g. Web Cams or hard disks. But it seems to depend
on the laptop and the specific device. With desktop Linux machines these
USB devices work flawlessly, but with mobile devices not.
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