[ltp] is my usb controller dead?

[Mendel Cooper]

> On Saturday 22 April 2006 20:56, come se fosse antani wrote:

> I've a thinkpad x40 and I think that today my usb controller is dead.
> I had the usb mouse plugged and I plugged my nikon to the second usb port.
> the laptop shut it down immediately, without any warning.

An option is to simply forget about the built-in USB ports and buy a
PCMCIA plug-in USB card. These come with either 2 or 4 USB2 ports and
they're supported under the 2.6.x kernels. And, they're cheap: about $12 -
$16 on eBay, plus shipping.