Re: strange usb trouble...

["s. keeling" <keeling@nucleus.com>]

Kai Martens <kai@physics.utah.edu>:
> 
>  Some may remember me having trouble with my Compaq Presario SR1675CL - a 
>  noapic option got me to the point that I have a system now that works. 
>  One thing still puzzles me though: I cannot see any usb devices. Here are 
>  my diagnostics: 

Perhaps I'm missing something, sorry?  As root, tail -f /var/log/messages,
then plug it in.  That's the starting point.  Context:

>  family:/home/kai# lspci
>  00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
>  00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
>  00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA 
>  Controller
>  00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
>  00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
>  00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host 
>  Controller
>  00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
>  00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller
>  00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
>  00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
> 
>  So the USB Controller is seen. 
> 
>  family:/home/kai# grep -i usb /var/log/dmesg
>  [    0.089885] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
>  [    0.089977] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
>  [    0.090055] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
>  [    2.238005] ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
>  [   15.797635] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
>  [   15.797657] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
>  [   15.797660] USB Mass Storage support registered.
> [snip]
>  Oh: one more diagonstic: 
>  kai@family:~> uname -a
>  Linux family 2.6.25-2-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jul 14 11:05:23 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux


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