Francisco, I'm sorry that you've had such trouble with device support under Linux. Sadly I'm merely a user in this space, too and am not able to offer any meaningful information about the specific cause of the problem, but I may be able to assist in other ways.
I know that sometimes this sort of thing can drive you to distraction. It's made more frustrating when you ask for help and no one seems interested in helping. The kind souls who donate their time knowledge here might be more inclined to offer assistance if you provided some specifics like: What kernel is presently installed on the machine? What sort of information appears in /proc/bus/usb/devices when the hub is connected to the system? What messages appear in /var/log/messages when the device is connected? What modules are loaded? Do any devices fail to load when the system boots? What is in /etc/modules.conf? I think that you've communicated clearly that the hardware is fully functional. Hope this helps! Regards, Tom On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 17:41, Francisco Fossa wrote: > Hi, I wrote to this list before, someone told me just to upgrade the > kernel... and that didn�t helped. > In fact I had a lot of fun trying a lot of kernels, downloading sources, > (almost a GB so far), and trying configs compilation files, but NONE of them > worked with USB support for my Laptop Compaq 1210us. > In fact only the Rage Mobility Video card and the sound card worked at the > first install. Everything else needed retouch. But USB is my real need. > I suppose that this laptop is the problem. Duron 850Mhz etc, almost > everything VIA chips, works with ACPI, PCI and ISA pnp, PCMCIA, etc. But > listen, other OS, like WinME (1999! software), WinXP, FreeDOS, MSDOS, from > the box recognize that the USB hub is UHCI... You wouldn�t believe me, but I > succeded at installing WinME on my USB harddrive, just for fun. I don�t even > need to read the internal hd!!!, just a diskette and the USB harddrive!. I > would gladly exchange the tricks, but I need serious help here. > Well, I was working with RedHat 9.0 kernel 2.4.20-8 (from the box), then > 2.4.20-19.9 (RH last stable), then 2.4.21 (official last stable), then > 2.5.75 (desperate meassures)... all of them booted correctly WITHOUT USB, I > mean with "nousb" as parameter. All of them were then recompiled > succesfully, with very little change, only the USB part to support UHCI, and > all of them hanged abruptly and without any warning at the first boot, as > simply as that. Where? exactly after USB lines. IRQ 5 etc... 2 ports etc. > and then, nothing. If you wnat to help me I would send you the exact lines, > just tell me what kernel! > When working with modules, insmod uhci (any), ohci or ehci didn�t worked > either. > There has to be another way; from my point of view Linux is useless without > USB support. I need the Linux to support my old hub. This laptop is not new, > why the new kernels do nothing with it?, and for anyone�s sake! this is a > Compaq, not exactly pirateware!!, do I need to become an expert just to read > some file on my usb harddrive? I�m not an expert with Linux, but I�m not a > newbie with computers, so please, I need an expert to help me out. > I�m going to refuse to use Linux anymore, just for this little thing? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by Dice.com. > Did you know that Dice has over 25,000 tech jobs available today? From > careers in IT to Engineering to Tech Sales, Dice has tech jobs from the > best hiring companies. http://www.dice.com/index.epl?rel_code=104 > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by Dice.com. Did you know that Dice has over 25,000 tech jobs available today? From careers in IT to Engineering to Tech Sales, Dice has tech jobs from the best hiring companies. http://www.dice.com/index.epl?rel_code4 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
