I have a cheap digital camera that supposedly supports USB Mass Storage, and I attempted without success to connect it to my computer.
I did read the USB-Gide, the FAQ and prowl through the archives, which suggested that maybe later versions of Linux have problems with USB, eg. 2.6.7 was mentioned as being more able than newer kernels. I attempted that, as seen below, but didn't notice any difference from the kernel I am otherwise running right now, ie. 2.6.15rc5. I can see the device mentioned in /proc/bus/usb/devices, but never in /proc/scsi/scsi, as well as I can't see /proc/bus/usb/drivers, as mentioned in the USB Guide. I disabled USB 2.0 in the BIOS, in order to attempt to simplify. The info below suggests to me that my box is able to see the USB device, but somehow I can't get a (/dev/sda?) device for it. Anyone care to provide a hint? Am I SOL regarding the device I bought? Thank you very much, Peter ===================================================================== cat /proc/bus/usb/devices T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 3 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.7 ohci_hcd S: Product=OHCI Host Controller S: SerialNumber=0000:00:02.1 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 3 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.7 ohci_hcd S: Product=OHCI Host Controller S: SerialNumber=0000:00:02.0 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0461 ProdID=081a Rev= 1.10 S: Manufacturer=PRIMAX S: Product=ix-30 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=500mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=(none) E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=05(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms ===================================================================== cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: ===================================================================== tail /var/log/messages (I thought it simpler to disconnect/reconnect in order to get a good log) Dec 12 00:32:23 kultorvet kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2 Dec 12 00:32:27 kultorvet kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: remote wakeup Dec 12 00:32:28 kultorvet kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 3 Dec 12 00:32:28 kultorvet kernel: usb 1-2: Product: ix-30 Dec 12 00:32:28 kultorvet kernel: usb 1-2: Manufacturer: PRIMAX ===================================================================== cat /proc/config.gz|grep -v '^#' CONFIG_X86=y CONFIG_MMU=y CONFIG_UID16=y CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y CONFIG_CLEAN_COMPILE=y CONFIG_STANDALONE=y CONFIG_BROKEN_ON_SMP=y CONFIG_SWAP=y CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_AUDIT=y CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=y CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14 CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y CONFIG_FUTEX=y CONFIG_EPOLL=y CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ=y CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y CONFIG_KMOD=y CONFIG_X86_PC=y CONFIG_MK7=y CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y CONFIG_X86_XADD=y CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6 CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW=y CONFIG_X86_TSC=y CONFIG_X86_MCE=y CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL=y CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y CONFIG_MTRR=y CONFIG_PM=y CONFIG_ACPI=y CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=y CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y CONFIG_PCI=y CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y CONFIG_PCI_MMCONFIG=y CONFIG_PCI_LEGACY_PROC=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y CONFIG_PARPORT=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_LBD=y CONFIG_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y CONFIG_SCSI=y CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2XXX=y CONFIG_IEEE1394=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO=y CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_PACKET=y CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y CONFIG_NETFILTER=y CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=y CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE=y CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_IPRANGE=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_PKTTYPE=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TOS=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_RECENT=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_ECN=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_DSCP=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_AH_ESP=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LENGTH=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TCPMSS=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_HELPER=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_CONNTRACK=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_OWNER=y CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=y CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=y CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_NETMAP=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_SAME=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TOS=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ECN=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_DSCP=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_CLASSIFY=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_LOG=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TCPMSS=y CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES=y CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPFILTER=y CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP_MANGLE=y CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_NOTRACK=m CONFIG_IP_NF_RAW=m CONFIG_BT=y CONFIG_BT_L2CAP=y CONFIG_BT_RFCOMM=y CONFIG_BT_RFCOMM_TTY=y CONFIG_BT_HCIUSB=y CONFIG_BT_HCIBFUSB=y CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y CONFIG_DUMMY=m CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y CONFIG_MII=y CONFIG_NET_PCI=y CONFIG_FORCEDETH=y CONFIG_S2IO=m CONFIG_INPUT=y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768 CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y CONFIG_SERIO=y CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=4 CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS=y CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT=256 CONFIG_PRINTER=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y CONFIG_RTC=y CONFIG_AGP=y CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA=y CONFIG_DRM=y CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=y CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SOUND=y CONFIG_SND=y CONFIG_SND_TIMER=y CONFIG_SND_PCM=y CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=y CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=y CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=y CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=y CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y CONFIG_SND_MPU401_UART=y CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=y CONFIG_SND_ICE1724=y CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=y CONFIG_USB=y CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DATAFAB=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR55=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_JUMPSHOT=y CONFIG_USB_HID=y CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y CONFIG_USB_CYTHERM=m CONFIG_USB_PHIDGETSERVO=m CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y CONFIG_JBD=y CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y CONFIG_JOLIET=y CONFIG_UDF_FS=y CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y CONFIG_SYSFS=y CONFIG_TMPFS=y CONFIG_RAMFS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y CONFIG_NLS=y CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1" CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y CONFIG_PROFILING=y CONFIG_OPROFILE=y CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y CONFIG_CRC32=y CONFIG_LIBCRC32C=m CONFIG_X86_BIOS_REBOOT=y CONFIG_X86_STD_RESOURCES=y CONFIG_PC=y ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. 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