On 03/17/2010 09:03 AM, Birger Wathne wrote: > Laptops often have problems charging USB devices. Look very closely at all > USB ports. If any of them have a small '+' symbol along with the USB logo > that port is equipped with power. Or read the technical specs for your laptops. > > I have seen some Sony Ericsson phones as well as iPods that refused to > charge from Windows desktops that didn't have the appropriate drivers > installed. With linux on the same hardware they charged happily. > I used to charge my Blackberry on my Fedora 12 desktop with no problem. I did have Barry Backup installed. When I switched to an Android phone, I plugged it into the same cable (with a mini USB to Micro USB adapter, and the Android started charging). I also charge it on my business Thinkpad as well as my SuSE laptop. In all cases, the cables were either Blackberry or Motorola. Additionally, a while back I bought a USB cable at Best Buy that did not charge at all. Relaced that cable thinking it was just a bad cable, and the replacement did not work, so I exchanged it for a Blackberry cable and it worked fine. BTW: I've never seen the + symbol. On both my Thinkpad (both builtin and docking station) as well as my HP laptop, only the standard USB symbol is adjacent to the USB ports. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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