usb storage and FC2

[Alexander Apprich]

Emiliano Brunetti wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 23:40, Alex White wrote:
> 
>>Emiliano Brunetti wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi everybody,
>>>
>>>i think it was already asked but i couldn't find something by searching
>>>archives, so here it goes...
>>>
>>>I recently upgraded to FC2, and i can't use usb memory sticks. Nothing
>>>happens when i plug the stick in. No usb-storage module loaded,
>>>/var/log/messages says:
>>>
>>>
>>>Jun  3 16:48:23 brunettie kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device
>>>using address 2
>>>Jun  3 16:48:28 brunettie kernel: usb 3-2: control timeout on ep0out
>>>Jun  3 16:48:28 brunettie kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: Unlink after
>>>no-IRQ?  Different ACPI or APIC settings may help.
>>>
>>>I really don't get it. What should i do? Actually it looks like
>>>usb-storage wasn't even compiled as a module...but it looks too strange
>>>to me.
>>>
>>>Thanks 
>>
>>Have you tried mounting the device?
>>
>>mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt
> 
> 
> No way. I can't mount something without, at least, having kernel mode
> usb-storage properly insmod'ed. And what i was saying a few lines up, is
> that apparently usb-storage is missing from my machine - though i
> upgraded from FC1 to FC2 by iso images.
> 
> 
>>Have you also tried mounting using the device /dev/sda. Give 
>>either of those a shot, it apparently sees the device since 
>>your log says "new device added" so on and so forth.
> 
> 
> It says so, but it doesn't load usb-storage into kernel and then it
> gives up since it can't find an IRQ for the new device.
> 
> 
>> Also, try 
>>plugging the usb device in and then:
>>
>>cat /etc/fstab
>>
>>Does it reveal that a mountpoint was created for the device 
>>and an entry in fstab thusly written?
> 
> 
> Absolutely nothing happens.
> 
> Somebody told me that this thing of memeory stick not being mounted was
> something known to happen with FC2. Maybe they were wrong. 
> 
> My point now is: i don't have usb-storage on my system - is this normal
> for a normal FC2 upgrade? How can i do to fix it? Brand new kernel or
> just compiling some new modules? As to both chances, a bit of help is
> needed. I never compiled a 2.6.
> 

What does

     locate usb-storage

or (as root)

     modprobe usb-storage

Say?

AFAIK there was a bug with usb storage in 2.6.5. An upgrade of your
kernel might help.

Alex