FC3, USB stick, and IBM t41 laptop oddities

Wed Feb 2 23:46:49 UTC 2005

El mié, 02-02-2005 a las 07:57 -0600, Satish Balay escribió: 
> I haven't been following this thread completely - (do USB-2 devices
> work with older kernels?)
> 
> You might want to try WinXP (connect the USB-2 device) and see if you
> get an error of type:
> 
> "connecting usb-2 device to usb-1 port"
> This indicates hardware problem.
> 
> Satish
> 
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, [windows-1252] Petr ?imon wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > You might want to try to load usbcore with old_scheme_first=y or
> > use_both_schemes=y option. See if it helps.
> > Good luck
> > Petr
> > 
> > Harry Hoffman wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Pete,
> > > 
> > > Sorry things have been kinda busy at work so I haven't had much time to
> > > test.
> > > In short it still doesn't work. Details are listed below.
> > > Thanks again for following up!
> > > 
> > > Running kernel: 2.6.10-1.741_FC3
> > > 
> > > modprobe.conf:
> > > alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> > > alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Insert the SanDisk Cruzer 1GB drive and get the following in
> > > /var/log/messages:
> > > Feb  1 10:16:23 n1-22-129 kernel: usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using
> > > ehci_hcd and address 10
> > > Feb  1 10:16:23 n1-22-129 kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: port 4 reset error
> > > -110Feb  1 10:16:23 n1-22-129 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed
> > > (err = -32)
> > > Feb  1 10:16:24 n1-22-129 kernel: usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using
> > > ehci_hcd and address 12
> > > Feb  1 10:16:24 n1-22-129 kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: port 4 reset error
> > > -110Feb  1 10:16:24 n1-22-129 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed
> > > (err = -32)
> > > Feb  1 10:16:25 n1-22-129 kernel: usb 1-4: device descriptor read/64, error
> > > -71
> > > ...
> > > Feb  1 10:16:27 n1-22-129 kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: port 4 reset error
> > > -110Feb  1 10:16:27 n1-22-129 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed
> > > (err = -32)
> > > Feb  1 10:16:28 n1-22-129 kernel: usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using
> > > ehci_hcd and address 19
> > > ...
> > > Feb  1 10:16:30 n1-22-129 kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: port 4 reset error
> > > -110Feb  1 10:16:30 n1-22-129 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed
> > > (err = -32)
> > > Feb  1 10:16:30 n1-22-129 kernel: usb 1-4: device descriptor read/64, error
> > > -71
> > > Feb  1 10:16:30 n1-22-129 kernel: usb 1-4: device descriptor read/64, error
> > > -71
> > > 
> > > If you need I can test other USB2.0 devices later this week.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Harry
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 22:53:33 -0500, Harry Hoffman
> > > > <hhoffman at ip-solutions.net> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > It's 2.6.9-1.724_FC3
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm guessing it's a problem with ehci as well as none of my USB2.0
> > > > > devices seem to work with ehci loaded :-(
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hello, Harry:
> > > > 
> > > > What is the situation now with 2.6.10 stream (2.6.10-1.741_FC3)?
> > > > 
> > > > -- Pete
> > > 

I haven't been following this thread either, but it happens by chance
that I own exactly the same model of usb stick: SanDisk Cruzer mini 1.0
GB (USB 2 supported).
Curiously I've just tried and works as expected...sticked it in "hot-
plug" manner, and automatically an icon appears on the desktop (first
into "computer" access icon), without needing manual mounting from the
CLI.
My system is a FC3 updated to its last kernel into a PC box -including
USB 2.0 support.
Please, have a look at the below infos, maybe they could be useful to
you; if not enough, feel free to ask to me to post whatever content
else. That's the limit of my knowledge about this.

[daniel at primates-plm ~]$ uname -r
2.6.10-1.741_FC3
[daniel at primates-plm ~]$

[daniel at primates-plm ~]$ dmesg | grep usb
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
usb-storage: device found at 5
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 5
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
usb-storage: device found at 6
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete
[daniel at primates-plm ~]$

[daniel at primates-plm ~]$ mount | grep usbdisk
/dev/sdc1 on /media/usbdisk type vfat
(rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,noatime,iocharset=utf8,user=daniel)
[daniel at primates-plm ~]$

[daniel at primates-plm ~]$ cat /etc/fstab | grep usbdisk
/dev/sdc1               /media/usbdisk          vfat
pamconsole,exec,noauto,iocharset=utf8,noatime,sync,managed 0 0
[daniel at primates-plm ~]$

-this latest entry for fstab is automatically created by the system,
nothing to do with a manually root intervention.

That's all. I can manually drag-and-drop files through Nautilus.

BTW, SELinux never enabled (don't know if this do care or not..)

P.S. It comes with a "install.exe" file inside, I don't know what is
supposed I have to do with it...:-)

Cheers