I've read LOTS here about USB Host mode, which many have said is a topic beat to death, but I tried many of the things mentioned here, but no luck with anything USB related. Seems like everything needed to make the USB go into host mode either requires .deb's, Python and compiling, or red Pill mode (RD) and similar, but I've tried following some of the threads and still no luck, and I work with electronics, computers and tech all day long. Just not familiar with Linux and I've searched a lot and spent a lot of time reading before posting here.

Can somebody point me to some threads that I can follow that lead all the way through the process, rather than just "load Python, set routes and go" kind of shortcut instructions for GNU/Linux wizards, and that don't require flashing?

BTW, tried loading Python 2.5 runtime from Maemo, so I could install USBCONTROL deb, but no luck again, always said it was missing files. Still wading through cryptic threads about how to get it loaded. I apologize in advance if this is the millionth post about this. Thanks for your help.