Real-time USB status information
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From: T i m on 3 May 2010 07:33 On Mon, 3 May 2010 11:41:48 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote: >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >> On Mon, 3 May 2010 11:20:29 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) >> wrote: >> >> >Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >> > >> >> In article >> >> <1jhwsy8.1jcp79j19xauglN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>, >> >> D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >> >> >I have an Apple Pro Mouse that's playing up; every so often it appears >> >> >to hang for a few seconds. >> >> > >> >> >I don't think the problem is the cable, because no amount of interfering >> >> >with it seems to trigger the behaviour. >> >> > >> >> >Is there a utility that will report in real tim on the state of USB >> >> >devices on the bus? >> >> >> >> I don't know of one, but have you tried plugging it in to a non-Apple >> >> computer? >> > >> >Why a non apple computer? I get plugging it into another machine, but >> >any would do. His mouse is not working, why does he have to be more >> >depressed? >> >> ;-) >> >> I think the idea was the notifications some people whinge about on >> Windows that are very handy in such circumstances. > >dont know about you, but if I get a popup every 5 seconds saying my >mouse is still working, that macine is going through the window! Indeed, however it doesn't work like that does it. ;-) > >> I wonder if the same whingy people remove the internal trafficator >> repeater lights and audible sounders on their cars, after all, they >> have applied the indicator switch then don't need confirmation that >> they are working do they? ;-) > >They would if they got alerts telling them their car is a bit messy, and >would you like the car to tidy it up? But if they knew what they were doing they could turn that one off the first time they saw it and just take advantage of the useful ones? I have just acquired a Tosh A300 and stuck XP, Vista and Ubuntu 10.04 on it. The most frustrating bit was *not knowing* if the USB stuff (like a Freecom DTB tuner) had been detected by Ubuntu [1]. It's ok when stuff 'just works' but it's a pain when it doesn't (or you are experimenting) and have no instant idea what's going on. Probably why the OP asked the question ... Cheers, T i m [1] It was the only OS to find *all* the std hardware and whilst it also found the Freecom tuner and installed the drivers for it I still can't get it working (it seems to scan and find channels but just won't display them, coming up with an error message about summat missing). Nor could I see any USB devices on XP when running it via Virtualbox. Tuner works fine under XP/Vista though? p.s. Did you get round to firing up the Nokia?
From: Richard Tobin on 3 May 2010 08:38 In article <1jhwy4m.afp193nrim81N%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >I have an Apple Pro Mouse that's playing up; every so often it appears >> >to hang for a few seconds. .... >> I don't know of one, but have you tried plugging it in to a non-Apple >> computer? >Why a non apple computer? If it has the same problem in a non-Apple computer, it's definitely the mouse that's at fault. Otherwise it might be some obscure bug in Apple's mouse drivers, for example. -- Richard
From: Duncan Kennedy on 3 May 2010 09:28 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > > > I don't know of one, but have you tried plugging it in to a non-Apple > > computer? > > Oh, do they still make those? > I think some of the ones they make are lemons. -- duncank
From: T i m on 3 May 2010 10:06 On Mon, 3 May 2010 14:28:35 +0100, nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk (Duncan Kennedy) wrote: >D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > >> Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >> >> > I don't know of one, but have you tried plugging it in to a non-Apple >> > computer? >> >> Oh, do they still make those? >> >I think some of the ones they make are lemons. And there have been Apricots and Tangerines and now we have Blackberries for goodness sake!. ;-) T i m
From: Duncan Kennedy on 3 May 2010 10:23
T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 3 May 2010 14:28:35 +0100, nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk > (Duncan Kennedy) wrote: > > >D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > >> > >> > I don't know of one, but have you tried plugging it in to a non-Apple > >> > computer? > >> > >> Oh, do they still make those? > >> > >I think some of the ones they make are lemons. > > And there have been Apricots and Tangerines and now we have > Blackberries for goodness sake!. ;-) > There's a joke in there about Cherry Blossom and booting but I think I'll give up. -- duncank |