From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Anthony Sorace <a@9srv.net>
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0)
Message-Id: <DAEA5DDB-72FB-4BE1-A231-FE8546294E41@9srv.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:45:42 -0500
References: <CAA6Yd9XC2hnP5-yymqFDZ3dqOyvfc_wmcdLms_zhzeaJLpCNjw@mail.gmail.com>
	<aa41e85cd0539118efbc9af4a496b333@hamnavoe.com>
	<CAA6Yd9UsN0_ob+5bXeGfp8293qexxq-B-jVJnXxxHXoX+7nFiA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA6Yd9VcLrm3ubS9CUnhJdYKU+h9D3c6jkHT5gfnf+RsjNWfKw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAA6Yd9VdkRHSBRsgn-G1C-ueGraUHQaYLKO+iPanwWi=Ea8-vw@mail.gmail.com>
	<199A32F6-9C38-45B8-B191-CAE2B1972408@orthanc.ca>
	<CAA6Yd9UU1=B2gVRHGrnXcZA6NB9ZD1EBQvSyu2obtRpdR8Tj2w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAA6Yd9UU1=B2gVRHGrnXcZA6NB9ZD1EBQvSyu2obtRpdR8Tj2w@mail.gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: won't recognize the USB mouse
Topicbox-Message-UUID: bf696a9a-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025

On Feb 27, 2014, at 12:31, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan <vu3rdd@gmail.com> wro=
te:

>> Always use a powered hub with the Pi =E2=80=93 it can't supply bugger all=
 for power out its USB ports.
>=20
> Thank you Lyndon, Steve and Erik. I will try a powered hub tomorrow
> and also get another keyboard/mouse.

Based on my own experience with USB weirdness with the Pi, I still suspect p=
ower issues. How are you powering the Pi itself? Using a 1 amp supply yielde=
d problems, regardless of the sort of hub I had, which all went away when I s=
witched to a 2 amp supply. I'm told the second generation of these boards ar=
e a bit better on that regard, but I don't have any to test.=