From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:06:58 -0500 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <4e3ec2c35ebbcea203b84f774fab99fe@brasstown.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: References: <80c35127014a05aaaa0ce39ebeddac96@hamnavoe.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] 9pi + apple keyboard Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0cd4850e-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I've seen similar things with my apple keyboard on plan9 with > the pi (as well as the failure you noted earlier). the pi is *very* > picky about power. I do use the powered hub, but what made > a bigger difference for me was getting a beefier power supply > (most of the USB things you'll likely find lying around are in the > .5-1 amp range; optimally, the pi wants 1.2 or better). i started with a big power supply (the apple one) and even so had trouble with devices that one would have thought would work. sort of sad when the keyboard uses more power than the computer. anyway, for me both have been necessary. - erik