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Post subject: 5m USB signal boost cable not working
 Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 10:22 AM
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Joined: Apr 05, 2011
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Location: Norway
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I bought this cable on ebay, what it does is boost signal, make sure enough power reaches an USB device 5 m from machine.
I have used it on linux before but now it does not work, on my current setup, kanotix 2011 running backports kernel and necessary updates to run that kernel.
It works in XP so the cable is ok.
It also did work in linux earlier. |
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Post subject: 5m USB signal boost cable not working
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 10:48 AM
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Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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| For 5m you usually use a standard not a special cable. |
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Post subject: 5m USB signal boost cable not working
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 05:58 PM
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Location: Norway
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| Yes and I need a longer one too. But this is a special cable, you find it all over ebay/the net. Thanks for help at IRC channel. |
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Post subject: 5m USB signal boost cable not working
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 07:38 PM
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Joined: Apr 05, 2011
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Location: Norway
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Have gotten as far as installing latest kernel. This gives 1280x1024 85 using KDE system settings, without nvidia or nouveau driver.
have no idea what driver its running..
Much better already than the old kernels.
But that effing USB cable still does not work in linux with the usb modem.. not with Squeeze kernel nor latest. Get another one..
Now, with latest kernel I should install linux-firmware 1.88? remove Squeeze firmware? I reinstalled the latter to try the Squeeze kernel, had removed them using text commands. |
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Post subject: 5m USB signal boost cable not working
Posted: Oct 14, 2012 - 10:12 AM
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Joined: Apr 05, 2011
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Location: Norway
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infobash -v
Host/Kernel/OS "arcadia" running Linux 3.6.1-030601-generic x86_64 [ Kanotix Hellfire 20110511-15:25 ]
CPU Info (1) AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ clocked at [ 3107.804 MHz ]
(2) AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ clocked at [ 3107.804 MHz ]
Videocard nVidia G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] X.Org 1.7.7 [ 1280x960 @85hz ]
Processes 150 | Uptime 29min | Memory 1029.7/3954.6MB | HDD Size 752GB (48%used) | GLX Renderer GeForce 9600 GT/PCIe/SSE2 | GLX Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.51 | Client Shell | Infobash v2.67.2
The latest kernel set up graphics as above with no configuration on my part except the basic steps (basic xorg.conf and nvidia-settings).
Good.
Cable prob persists but it's just to get another one. |
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Post subject: 5m USB signal boost cable not working
Posted: Oct 14, 2012 - 03:28 PM
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| Do you connect your cable to your motherboard directly or via a hub? Often it is best to connect it directly to the board. |
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Post subject: 5m USB signal boost cable not working
Posted: Oct 14, 2012 - 07:08 PM
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Joined: Apr 05, 2011
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Location: Norway
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| Directly. USB will always suck it seems. You can actually get PCI modem cards, I got an offer to buy one for $70 direct from Chinese factory, maybe should do that. |
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