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[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 09 November 2006 22:25, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 17:11 -0500, Tony Nelson wrote:
> > At 5:11 PM +0000 11/9/06, Anne Wilson wrote:
> >  ...
> >
> > >...Normally I only have the usb printer plugged
> > >in at the back, and plug in pen-drives and/or the webcam into the front
> > >panel, but don't leave them in when not in use.
> >
> > Have you tried the back panel for the camera?  That often makes a
> > difference with USB.
>
> Also make sure you plug it into a USB2 port all by itself.  I've had
> cameras and applications freak out if a) it was in a 1.1 port and/or
> b) too many things were plugged into a hub in the port.
>
As far as I know the front panel connectors are USB2, but the camera is USB 
1.1.  I was wrong, too, about the printer - it's not on this box at all.  
Sometimes remote printing is so simple that I forget it's not local.

Anne
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