On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Anthony Sorace <a...@9srv.net> wrote: > On Feb 27, 2014, at 12:31, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan <vu3...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> Always use a powered hub with the Pi – it can't supply bugger all for power >>> out its USB ports. >> >> Thank you Lyndon, Steve and Erik. I will try a powered hub tomorrow >> and also get another keyboard/mouse. > > Based on my own experience with USB weirdness with the Pi, I still suspect > power issues. How are you powering the Pi itself? Using a 1 amp supply > yielded problems, regardless of the sort of hub I had, which all went away > when I switched to a 2 amp supply. I'm told the second generation of these > boards are a bit better on that regard, but I don't have any to test.
I have the model B (which is the newer one, I believe). I am currently powering them with a USB cable connected to a MacBook. I will take RPi to work on monday and try powering it from a lab power supply. I don't have a 2A supply here at home at the moment. -- Ramakrishnan
