USB not working

[britt]

Hi OErjan,

thanks for the palm hint, i'll try that out and post result.

concerning the usb stick: i always inserted it after boot, with no success.

concerning "tail /var/log/syslog/syslog": this does not exist on my computer. i was looking for these outputs and wondering where they go? there is a file /var/log/syslog but it is empty (0 byte size). unfortunately i don't know which installation i chose, it was not beginner, i think it was debian style but i am not shure (is there a third option?)

once again: do you think the remount parameter error might be the cause of prolem?

again thanks for your support!
britt

[OErjan]

ouch, one syslog too many, sorry, /var/log/syslog was right.
hmm. i have no hddinstall of debina at pressent. hm, does the CD work with your pen?

[Tom2000]

hmm i see no weird stuff ecept that sysfs bit.
have you tried kernel2.6 (it is on the cd)
actually it seems you both have mised about 2/3 of the info in dmesg i wanted.
issue this as ONE comand ALL of it(copy paste?), then it would be nice to see the whole output..

dmesg|grep ub&&dmesg|grep sd&&dmesg|grep usb

then i still want to know what version of hdd-installl you have. beginner? debian-style?...

Apologies for the delay. I got sidetracked while installing the system to my HDD as a full dual-boot XP/Debian installation. I got trapped chasing the "missing FAT32 partition" mystery, installing and configuring the proper nvidia video driver, and trying to get my winmodem working. No luck on the modem yet, but I've finally had some success. Lilo works, and I can now boot into either XP or Debian with a 1440x900 display. My CDROM works, too. Haven't tried wireless or PCMCIA yet (in either XP or Linux...) ACPI is sort of functional, as has been reported elsewhere. I'm a pretty happy camper right now.

(I'm using the 2.4.22 kernel.)

I got back to testing the USB stick and, much to my surprise, it now works! The system autodetects the USB drive when I plug it in, and unmounts it when I remove it. It automounts as /mnt/sda1, but I don't get a desktop icon in KDE. (I'll chase the icon problem later, *way* down the line, after I learn more about Linux and KDE.)

Here is the output from "dmesg|grep ub&&dmesg|grep sd&&dmesg|grep usb" after I insert the thumb drive:

usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 00:50:50 Aug  9 2004
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1800, IRQ 16
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1820, IRQ 19
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1840, IRQ 18
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1860, IRQ 16
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1d.7-7 address 2

Here's the output after I remove the thumb drive:

usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 00:50:50 Aug  9 2004
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1800, IRQ 16
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1820, IRQ 19
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1840, IRQ 18
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1860, IRQ 16
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1d.7-7 address 2
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1d.7-7 address 3

Notice the last two lines. You can clearly see the thumb recognized as it's inserted and removed.

OErjan, many thanks for bearing with me on this problem. I only wish I could tell you what I did to fix it, but I didn't do anything other than installing the system to HDD as a Debian install.

Best Regards,

Tom