I will do other tests

I need to use a USB 3 cable with the phone for tethering

Downloaded the latest experimental iso and booted from CD on my HP EliteBook i5. Only brief testing so far (will do more tomorrow) but on connecting a SFS formatted USB stick (an old AROS boot US I had the following reults:

Option A - UB recognised on all ports (icon on Wanderer, can open and view file structure)

Option B = USB not recognised on any port (no icon on Wanderer at all)

Option C - USB only recognised on USB 2 ports, not at all on USB 3

Sorry,
Nigel.

@ntromans

Can you provide the exact model of this HP EliteBook laptop?

The HP Z400 works with all available options, I remember that I added a USB 3 card which does not boot. I am currently having the HP EliteBook 830 G5 laptop undergo a checkup Anyway, it only works with USB 3 ports. It seems to me that it has a Thunderbolt port.

Hi

It's an EliteBook 8470p.

Cheers,
Nigel.

Results from my i7 desktop:

Good news is it now does boot from CD (all options). The cats eyes appear at one point but the boot carries on through to Wanderer.

Also good news is that a SFS formatted USB stick is recognised for all options. I also tries a FAT formatted stick with options B and C - all good, stick is recognised and I can access files on it; however, it is not recognised at all for option A.

However, wireless mice/keyboard combos do not work with any option. I've tried two, neither work or show up in Trident prefs. For context, they are recognised by the BIOS as I can use them to select the GRUB option.

A wired USB mouse is recognised in options B and C, but the pointer movement is quite jerky. It is not recognised at all in option A.

Cheers,
Nigel.

Thanks, noted down. Can you give me model name/motherboard name for your "i7 desktop"?

USB 3.0 + mouse -> jerky movements - yes, this is known issues, happens on other boards as well.

It's the one which was previously failing straight after GRUB; the motherboard is ASUS B85M-E i7.

Cheers,
Nigel.

Ah, great. So I can close the bug report on that as well.

@ntromans

I'm glad that board is working for you now I actually bought one of these on eBay many weeks ago to try and reproduce the problem, but the board was faulty (I got my money back though).

My Elitebook 830 G5 support 1980x1020 on vesa mode

usb 2 and usb 3 choice works, tethering does not work ptp class error

I guess the only USB 2 option also works, I'm talking about the HP EliteBook 830 G5 laptop, the great thing is that it's from 2025

I tried the smartphone on the desktop computer with USB 2 ports, it doesn't give me a USB PTP class error. I will have to order the compatible Netgear dongle to check if I can go on the internet.

New test on my Acer Aspire E 15. This is the machine that up to now had refused to recognise USB at all on AROS. Booting from a USB install of the latest experimental:

USB 2 only - boot stalls at 'cats eyes'

USB 3 only - does boot to Wanderer :-) Only though if in one speciic USB slot at the back, oddly enough which seems to be USB 2. It stalls at the 'cats eyes' if in the USB 3 slot.

USB 2+3 - stalls at the 'cats eyes'

Further on the USB ports: the one on the left is not recognised at all. The other at the back (USB 3) does recognise USB mouse (jerky movements), USB keybord and FAT formatted USB stick. However, a USB touchscreen controller (egalaxtouch class) is not recognised at all. Also a USB 2 hub connected to this port is recognised but a mouse or keyboard connected through it is not.

Great progress though!

Cheers,
Nigel.

@ntromans

Thanks for tests and detailed description of results.

On the "port on the left" - is it possible that it is damaged? Does Linux recognize this port?

The EliteBook 830 G5 supports all the GRUB options of the latest released build. The first choice gets stuck at the cat's eyes screen, but it is understandable.