I get a similar result from plugging in my USB<->RS232 adapter on a Dell 
XPS T600 and a Dell Dimension 8100.

The port is disabled when the BAFO-810 ( 
http://bafo.com/proddetail.cfm?ID=395 ) is plugged in and enabled when it's 
removed.  Works under Win98SE and WinME, though...

At 10:42 AM 11/13/2001 -0500, Colin Bradley wrote:

>   hi, i've been fiddling around with an HP ScanJet 4100C
>   on my dell box.. GENERIC kernel doesn't seem to like
>   it very much, displaying the message as shown in Subject:.
>
>   the mailing list archives show this problem has been around
>   for quite some time, back to 1.4beta - but i see nothing viable
>   in terms of a solution except a hint that some devices may
>   not behave perfectly; which i guess goes without saying in
>   the PC world. I'm running 1.5.2 now - is there anything i
>   can do to coax this device into operation?
>
>   I've flipped the bios config on the usb stuff from auto-
>   detect to disabling legacy support. anything else i can
>   try?
>
>   thanks for any pointers,
>
>-Colin
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