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>Universal Serial Bus - USB</TITLE
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TITLE="Linux on the Road"
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>Chapter 12. Hardware in Detail: CPU, Display, Keyboard, Sound and More</TD
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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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> You should get information about the <SPAN
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>USB</SPAN
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> controller
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with <B
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CLASS="command"
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>cat /proc/pci</B
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> and about <SPAN
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>USB</SPAN
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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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> Newer laptops come equipped with the Universal Serial Bus -
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<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>USB</SPAN
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>. The following <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>USB</SPAN
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> devices are
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available, not all of them are
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fully supported by Linux yet:
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keyboard,
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mouse,
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printer,
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tablet,
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camera,
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cpia,
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webcam,
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MP3 player,
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modem,
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wireless LAN,
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audio,
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jukebox,
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scanner,
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storage (hard drive, memory stick),
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floppydrive,
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ZIP,
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Super Disk - LS 120,
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compact flash reader,
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CD,
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BlueTooth,
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ethernet,
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serial,
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joystick,
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USB Host-to-Host Cable,
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hub
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.
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</P
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><P
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> Visit the
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<A
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HREF="http://www.linux-usb.org/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>USB Linux</A
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> home page. Also I
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have set up a page collecting information about laptops and mobile devices
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using <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>USB</SPAN
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> at the
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<A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/hardware.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>TuxMobil - Mobile Hardware Survey</A
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> .
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> Please note, I have got a report that the power by a laptop via USB is not
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enough for some kind of devices, e.g. Web Cams or hard disks. But it seems to depend
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on the laptop and the specific device. With desktop Linux machines these
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USB devices work flawlessly, but with mobile devices not.
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</P
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