Hi,
>Now, since I don't have any hardware available right now to run linux,
>I installed Debian Sarge in VmWare on a WinXP Host PC.
I am using Fedora Core 2 (kernel 2.6.???) on Vmware 4.5.1 and it works ok.
>I start linux within VmWare, then I plug the iPaq in the USB craddle,
>WinXP picks it up (i removed ActiveSync), then I just cancel the
>Driver installation. I start Harnet on the iPaq, the thermometer goes
>all the way to the top, and the screen backlight shuts off, but the
>Penguin image stays there, and nothing happends.
In this case haret didn't start kernel ans initrd.
That just happened sometimes (in reality many times). It depends on the size
of the initrd. Smaller it is, better result it is. Check discussion under
"Serial" debuging via USB" and link
http://www.handhelds.org/hypermail/h2200-port/6/0686.html.
>When I look through /var/log/message, I don't get any messages from
>The usb module when I connect the iPaq.
That is because haret didn't start kernel and initrd on IPaq, so there
is no connection request to the linux.
>I'm thinking that since I run linux in VmWare, WinXP might not send
>The usb hotswap signal to vmware for some reason.
That is not the reason. As I say I am using similar method. I found out,
that ActiveSysnc doesn't need to be killed. When linux start up on
Ipaq, connection with ActiveSync is terminated, and USB device
can be manualy connected to the Vmware machine.
>Also, anyone heard about a driver like "Usbnet" available to WinXP?
Sometime ago I saw something simillar on the net, but I didn' test it. Just
use
linux under Vmware. I know this works.
Peter Vicman
Received on Wed Aug 4 02:34:03 2004
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