Re: usb 2

[Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net>]

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On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 10:37:31AM +0100, Gjermund Skogstad wrote:
> torsdag 25. januar 2007, 10:14, skrev nigel barker:
> > Thanks for the reply Gjermund. One of the machines in question spends
> > most of its time as a Skolelinux diskless workstation, but occasionally
> > gets booted into Edubuntu from its hard drive. The Usb 2 drives work in
> > that case, so that's why I thought it must be something to do with
> > skolelinux.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nigel
> >
> 
> Interesting ... 
> What kernel option do you use in Skolelinux, 2.4 or the newer 2.6 option? 
> 
> My experience is on the 2.6 kernel so that might be it, but it is also a 
> possibility that this is a matter of memory device id missing in database. If 
> that's the case it would probably not help upgrading the kernel. Not even to 
> latest compatible version (which you in any case would have to keep security 
> patched on your own).
> 
> (Some years ago I used to add PCMCIA and USB hw id's by hand to get my stuff 
> working, but i scarcely see that as a liable option for your scenario :)
> 
> Sorry, I'm out of ideas to a solution for you. 
> 
> (.. unless of course you are running a 2.4 kernel and can make a successful 
> switch to the 2.6 option.)
> 
> :)
> 
> Gjermund
Hi Nigel,
have you attempted to extract some lines from /var/log/messages or dmesg
to see if they shed some light on the issue?
cheers,
Kev
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