Re: [expert] USB Flashcard Reader problem under 9.0

[Jason]

I see the device in usbview but I cannot figure out how to mount/use it. It is not autodetected on plugin and I don't know where the hotplug error logs are located. What other logs would show usb activities?? /dev/sd does not exist and I was under the impression that it would be generated autmatically if need be.

What am I missing??

Cheers

Jason

PS, I even tried transitmount with no success:
http://amphi-gouri.org/transitmount/

Narfi Stefansson wrote:

On Wednesday 25 December 2002 18:51, Jason wrote:

Hi All,

I have a vanilla 9.0 install at work. I plugged an external USB Sony
memory stick reader in and poof, mandrake found it and I could mount it
with Kwikdisk and view the contents via a link ML made on my desktop (I
was duly impressed). Now my problem. I just bought a 6 in 1 (reads
memory stick, CF, SM etc.) external USB card reader for use at home. I
run cooker at home but I have just done a vanilla 9.0 install on a new
HDD. The reader is a Packard Bell and the literature says it is
supported on Linux running 2.4 kernels. I tried plugging this reader in
at home and on my work laptop and...nothing. ML didn't notice it was
plugged in and I cannot get it to work for the life of me. Anyone have
any ideas??

Did you look into the logs? Were there messages from hotplug?
Did you look at /dev/sd* ? Was it possibly the case that no such device /dev/sd* existed before you plugged your new reader into the USB port and one or more did appear a couple of seconds after you plugged it in?
Does "usbview" show you any device on the USB bus?
I know that I can't solve your problem, but maybe these things lead you in the right direction.

Narfi.


------------------------------------------------------------------------

Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? 
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com