please recommend PCI to USB adapter for ubuntu

Dan Farrell dan at spore.ath.cx
Thu Apr 17 18:37:21 UTC 2008


On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:18:33 -0400
"Brian McKee" <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Joao Ferreira gmail
> <joao.miguel.c.ferreira at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >  I need to add 2 USB ports to my old PC. My current USB ports are
> > not working properlly, never did! It's a 2nd hand old pc.

If it's a Pentium 'Classic' you're likely to have a buggy usb 1.0
controller.  USB didn't work very well until 1.1.  

But I'm sure there's other USB bugs out there too.

> I think this is one area where pretty much all of them work....  I
> think....  but I can't prove that.

I concur.  I don't know of any USB host controllers that aren't fully
supported in linux.  




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