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At present, there are some latest Notebook
products using Linux as the default
operating system in the market. Some of the
primary advantages are that there are no
licensing fees for Linux system and the new
version of Linux is able to provide a
user-friendly operation. The latest products
such as ASUS Eee PC and HP Mini-Note are
pre-installed with Linux as the default OS.
We believe this type of products will
continue to grow as there will be more
Notebook and desktop system choosing Linux
OS in the future. Moreover, many peripheral
devices, like PenMount also provide drivers
to support the latest Linux OS.
The latest Linux release for the first half
year of 2008 is kernels 2.6.24 and 2.6.25.
For examples, Ubuntu 8.04, Mandriva 2008.1
and Slackware 12.1 use 2.6.24, while Fedora
9 and openSUSE11.0 use 2.6.25. These Linux
operating systems are able to manage the
input devices systematically and support
hot-plug feature for USB devices and SATA
hard disk. It can provide 3D effect under
the latest X Window application. In Ubunta
8.04, the installation can be set-up easily
and user may install directly in the
Microsoft Window platform. This enables the
user who is familiar with Windows OS
originally to adapt the Linux OS quickly.
Ubuntu 8.04 also provides a three year
service and support thus encouraging
enterprise user to change to Linux.
Most of the updated Linux kernel release are
much more user friendly on device control.
The USB HID Device Manager Program can
detect hot-plug and able to make
classification on the device type,
therefore, when under the X Window it is
able to load the correct driver for plug in
device. But this USD HID device detection
feature is not perfect, it will classify
PenMount device as a mouse device by
mistake. Thus, the PenMount device operates
incorrectly by behaving like a mouse’s
relative coordination method when under X
Window.
For Linux kernel to detect PenMount
correctly when installing the PenMount 6000
and 5000 series USB interface, the easiest
way is changing the mouse settings in X
window configuration file (xorg.conf). This
is to ensure the default mouse driver will
not control the plug-in PenMount device.
Please read the ‘readme file’ and follow the
instructions described before installing the
PenMount driver.
For more PenMount controllers and
drivers information, please visit our
websites:
http://www.salt.com.tw and
http://www.penmount.com.
Please feel free to contact us at our email
address salt@salt.com.tw
or service@penmount.com . |
