Hi all,

I don't get usb devices to work (on a hp omnibook 4150, USB 1.0) with Knoppix 3.7 HD installed or cdrom either.
I tried both kernels, I tried to mount /dev/sda1 (results in error message ".. is not a block device"). There is no icon on desktop when I boot with usb stick inserted.
When I plug it in/out there is no reaction in any logfile.
I started hotplug daemon which should manage usb (Am I right here?).
It issues errors during start (see syslog output)
Below the output of syslog, dmesg and mount.

I appreciate any help

Thank you
Britt

Code:
root@Osiris:~# dmesg | grep usb
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 0xfcc0, IRQ 10
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports          
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
usbdevfs: remount parameter error          <----------- ?
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage

root@Osiris:~# less /var/log/syslog
Feb 16 11:11:46 Osiris syslogd 1.4.1#15: restart.
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris pci.agent[681]:      maestro: already loaded
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris pci.agent[681]:      usb-uhci: blacklisted
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris pci.agent[681]:      yenta_socket: already loaded
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.27/kernel/drivers/hotplug/shpch
p.o: init_module: Operation not permitted
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect m
odule parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.       You may find mo
re information in syslog or the output from dmesg
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.27/kernel/drivers/hotplug/shpch
p.o: insmod shpchp failed
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris pci.agent[681]:      shpchp: can't be loaded
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris pci.agent[681]: missing kernel or user mode driver shpch
p
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.27/kernel/drivers/hotplug/pcieh
p.o: init_module: Operation not permitted
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect m
odule parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.       You may find mo
re information in syslog or the output from dmesg
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.27/kernel/drivers/hotplug/pcieh
p.o: insmod pciehp failed
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris pci.agent[681]:      pciehp: can't be loaded
Feb 16 11:11:47 Osiris pci.agent[681]: missing kernel or user mode driver pcieh
p
Feb 16 11:11:48 Osiris usb.agent[775]: Bad USB agent invocation            <-------  ?

root@Osiris:~# mount
/dev/hda6 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/root.old on /initrd type ext2 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/pts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw,devmode=0666)
automount(pid515) on /mnt/auto type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=515,minproto=2,maxproto=4)