Hello all! Just bringing up the old Sharp Zaurus under Linux again. This time with SuSE 8.2. I've been to the SuSE website and walked through their support db how-to for it, but it doesn't seem to work. First, you don't have to patch the kernel, as this one is already setup for usbdnet, and it loads automagically whenever I plug in my Zaurus and restart the hotplug init-script. It produces 2 ethernet interfaces under "usb0 and usb1", so I think this is working for the most part. Here's the weirdest part, the "hardware" (or MAC) address this device uses for "usb1" changes every time I issue a "rchotplug restart"! (usb0's MAC address stays constant) I'm thinking that something is wrong with this. Now, I put aside the fact I think something is wrong and issued my own "ifconfig usbX 192.168.0.X up" commands for each usb-ether device I have just to test them. Both come up w/o any errors, but upon "nmapping" them, they both return the same results from "nmapping" my localhost. To my understanding, that means that they're not actually coming up for the Zaurus, but rather for my computer...? Anyway, I figured to toss out a rope for answers here before moving on to the Zaurus list and the usb-linux list and the God-only-know's-where-else list... ;) If anyone can help, please send me any suggestions you have! :) Thanks! -- Travis Owens <towens@linuxmds.com> Linux MDs
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