USB device question :)


samuman

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Can i use usb devices with p&|a ? i mean like laptop digitv and stuff.
 
depends. things like hard drives, keyboards, mice should be no problem. But if it's more complicated you may have to wait for driver support to come along(this would be for more along the lines of drawing tablets)
 
ARM: The CPU (the processor). Which is different from a Windows PC, which uses an x86 CPU.
'armel' is a specific binary format (for the applications) which will be used by Pandora. There are other possible (older) binary formats with different names, also for ARM, but which are not Pandora compatible.
 
Shikaku said:
Tip: download ubuntu using wubi and install it or burning the livecd and booting it:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download livecd

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors#wubi Wubi

You can do those from there. Next, load Ubuntu from Wubi or the LiveCD and try using a USB device. If it works, there's a big chance it will work on the Pandora. If does not, there's a low chance it will.
Good way of testing.
but if it don't work with Ubuntu, there _no_ chance that it will with the p&|a.
 
Shikaku said:
sebt3 said:
Good way of testing.
but if it don't work with Ubuntu, there _no_ chance that it will with the p&|a.

It's unlikely, but somebody COULD make a driver you know... Either for the pandora or you just got lucky and one got released recently, etc.

or it may be the only device whose module hasn't been compiled in the kernel for ubuntu
 
find the usb device's ID number (on linux: use lsusb command) and look that up.

basically look up your device's linux compatibility and that pretty much translates into its Pandora compatibility, though not EVERYTHING linux compatible will work on the Pandora
 
Pandora uses ARM, which x86 software(including drivers) is not compatible with. Doesn't this cause problems? ...unless the drivers are shipped with the kernel and thus already compiled for ARM. I suppose that is the case?
 
Calmatory said:
Pandora uses ARM, which x86 software(including drivers) is not compatible with. Doesn't this cause problems? ...unless the drivers are shipped with the kernel and thus already compiled for ARM. I suppose that is the case?
That's the beauty of open source. You just need to port the drivers.
 
Umm... So, if someone makes a digitv drivers to pandora, will they work on any usb digiTv device?
 
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