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Re: Any news on USB support for linux?
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos
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Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:37:37 GMT
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Keep an eye on legousb.sourceforge.net
I've got some file releases going out this week which should meet your needs.
(Revived the project, working off of Bret Thaeler's code [been unable to get
ahold of him]).
-Brendan
In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, Ben Westgarth writes:
> Hi there,
> Is there any news on the development of support for the USB IR tower under
> linux?
>
> I found a HOWTO on the net by Ryan Simmons which claims to be able to get
> the tower working using a patch written by Bret Thaeler.
>
> http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~rjs7988/690/instruct.html
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> Has anyone been able to get this patch working? I installed everything as
> per Ryan's instructions and everything installed okay. When I ran firmdl it
> would start okay, and the green LED in the tower would light up briefly then
> die and relight occasionally. Then, after about 5 minutes or so, firmdl
> throws the message: "status = no response from rcx"
>
> Are there any alpha, beta, testing versions of any patches anywhere that
> someone has got working?
>
> Any help would be gratefully received.
> Thanks, Ben
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