On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 04:32:08AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > I realize that this is not strictly debian-devel question but it is > related to both debian and development so while I don't expect big > discussion I would appreciate RT _specify_which_one_ FM.
The appropriate list for USB problems is linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net . You need to have the hotplug package installed for proper USB support. > so far I have read the relevant parts of Linux device drivers, 2nd > edition (O'Reilly), the info about usb in linux/Documentation, parts of > some other linux kernel & setup books. > > I am trying to make the USB work on my debian unstable system, using > kernel 2.4.14 and it just doesn't work. the specific problem is that the > function 'probe' (specified when registering driver) is NEVER called and > therefore driver doesn't manage any usb devices. as far as I can tell > the system is set up correctly, see below for modules, kernel settings > etc. Please try 2.4.17, there have been quite some USB updates in 2.4.15 and 2.4.17. > so far I have tried the sample usb driver from linux device driver, > 2nd edition (o'reilly) and personal jukebox (www.pjbox.com) drivers, > both behave in exactly the same way - I get a message in syslog that the > driver was registered and that's it, the message from probe function is > never printed and the driver doesn't work (cat says No such device) Try a device with a known-good driver first. A mouse, for example. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > settings & messages > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > here are my kernel config settings related to usb: > > jojda:/usr/src/linux# grep -i usb ./.config | grep -v '^#' > CONFIG_USB=m > CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y > CONFIG_USB_UHCI=m Also select "CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT=m". Quite a lot of USB problems with UHCI hardware can be solved by using "the other" UHCI driver. Erik -- J.A.K. (Erik) Mouw, Information and Communication Theory Group, Faculty of Information Technology and Systems, Delft University of Technology, PO BOX 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands Phone: +31-15-2783635 Fax: +31-15-2781843 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www-ict.its.tudelft.nl/~erik/