Re: [expert] USB Flashcard Reader problem under 9.0

[Jason]

I'm a little past this point sorry. The device needs to be detected with a device entry made in /dev first, before I can do anything else. It doesn't always get detected and when it does the media in it does not. My usb storage module is loaded at boot so this is not a problem. The scsi emulation is a problem though, so I have to modprobe sd_mod for that to work after plugging in the device. Even then, I can't mount it since it can't tell the fs type (though I think that is related to the media not detected error in /var/logs/messages). Bugga.

Nevermind, will keep playing. Thanks for the ideas though.

Cheers

Jason

TwinkieStix wrote:

To get my USB flash card reader to work (Kingston FCR-U2CF) :
-Go to a command prompt
-#su root
-type password
-#insmod usb-storage
-#mkdir /mnt/flash
-#mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash

Look in /mnt/flash and see if the files are there. If so, you can add a line to /etc/fstab to make the drive automount and a link in "removable devices" to make it seem just like a floppy drive.

--TwinkieStix



Jason wrote:

Thanks much but yup, I read it too and it didn't help me....unfortunately. I am getting closer to getting it going and if/when I do I will post the process to the list.

Cheers

Jason Greenwood

James Sparenberg wrote:

Don't know if this will help but ran across this article on LinuxToday..

Title: Using a Compact Flash Card Reader in Linux

http://www.machineofthemonth.org/articles/2002/1216/index.html

James


On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 08:21, J. Grant wrote:

Well have you got the usb modules loaded? And i assume there are other working usb devicies? you do not mention if your mouse is listed.

If not get the lastest libusb recompile the latest kernel too.


JG

Jason wrote:

Ok, I am still having problems so I hope someone can help me out here. I had a look in:
|/proc/bus/usb/devices|
and there is nothing in there, even after plugging in the device. This tells me that the kernel is not recognizing the device right?? If so, how do I rectify this?? This device is SUPPOSED to be supported under Linux so I just need a nudge in the right direction.

Cheers

Jason

PS, since I've had no joy here, I'll cc it to the cooker list too. Thanks for the help all.|
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