On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 05:47:02PM -0500, H. S. wrote: > >On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 01:32:41PM +0100, Cristian Toraci wrote: > > > I recently installed a Sarge with kernel 2.6.8. When I plug my USB > > flash disk > it doesn't work. The syslog messages are: > > > > > > Nov 7 12:25:51 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage > > driver... > > > Nov 7 12:25:51 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver > > usb-storage > > > Nov 7 12:25:51 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. > > > Nov 7 12:27:16 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: new high speed USB device > > using > address 4 > > > Nov 7 12:27:21 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: control timeout on ep0out > > > Nov 7 12:27:26 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: control timeout on ep0out > > > > >I tried the latest kernel 2.6.9 from debian unstable. As soon as I > >plugged in the disk, the machine froze. Thankfully, unplugging it > >brought back the machine to life. > > > >Compiled my own kernel (2.6.9). The flash disk worked well. No problems. > >But, nvidia drivers do not install. Googling for that showed similar > > I also tried compiling vanilla 2.6.9 which went okay. I then tried to > build nvidia driver but got an error of something like __VMALLOC_RESERVE > was undefined. Googling a bit suggested I put this line in > /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv.c : > unsigned int __VMALLOC_RESERVE; > Putting is just after the include statements worked fine -- > module-assisstant successfully built the module. You may try that too if > that is the problem you are encountering. > Thanks a lot. That worked. > I am using 2.6.7 debian kernel and USB sticks and flash card readers > work fine for me. Since I started using udev, they also get mounted and > unmounted automatically. If anyone wants details on how to do that, just > let me know. Haven't tried that in 2.6.9 (vanilla) though. > If not a problem, you can mail me off-list. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 Fingerprint: D172 22C4 7CDC D9CD 62B5 55C1 2A69 D5D8 F6A3 5935 I've got all the money I'll ever need if I die by 4 o'clock. -- Henny Youngman
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