I have a USB memory stick and an external USB box with an IDE disk.
I configured udev to assign device names to both items, or so I thought.
The external box is plugged, the memory stick isn't.
The problem is: the device for the box is not created, and the memstick
device exists but represents the
Am Donnerstag, 17. November 2005 10:26 schrieb ext Jorge Almeida:
> I have a USB memory stick and an external USB box with an IDE disk.
> I configured udev to assign device names to both items, or so I thought.
> The external box is plugged, the memory stick isn't.
> The problem is: the device for
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 17. November 2005 10:26 schrieb ext Jorge Almeida:
>
> > I have a USB memory stick and an external USB box with an IDE disk.
> > I configured udev to assign device names to both items, or so I thought.
> > The external box is plugged, th
Am Donnerstag, 17. November 2005 13:43 schrieb ext Jorge Almeida:
> CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y
> (...)
Did you also enable the sub options?
> # SCSI device support
> #
> CONFIG_SCSI=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y
>
> #
> # SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-RO
On 11/17/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/40-my.rules
> BUS="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}="PLEXTOR ", SYSFS_model="PlexFlash-2*",
> NAME="plextor_memstick%n"
> BUS="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}="Maxtor 6 ", SYSFS_model="L250R0*",
> NAME="external_hd%n
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 17. November 2005 13:43 schrieb ext Jorge Almeida:
>
> > CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y
> > (...)
>
> Did you also enable the sub options?
No, since none appeared to have much to do with my devices.
>
>
> > usb 1-7: new high speed U
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 11/17/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/40-my.rules
> > BUS="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}="PLEXTOR ", SYSFS_model="PlexFlash-2*",
> > NAME="plextor_memstick%n"
> > BUS="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}="Maxto
On 11/17/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So much for the rules in
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Flash-Memory-HOWTO.html#hotplug
> ...
Yes, it is terribly out of date, being written when udev was at
version 016!! That is s last month! :-
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
>
> Can you post your current rules. Also, don't forget Dirk's suggestion
> regarding BUS=="usb" instead of scsi.
>
> You could use the SYMLINK target instead of changing the name. Something
> like:
>
> BUS=="usb" ... NAME="%k", SYMLINK="plextor_memsti
On 11/17/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> >
> > Can you post your current rules. Also, don't forget Dirk's suggestion
> > regarding BUS=="usb" instead of scsi.
> >
> > You could use the SYMLINK target instead of changing the name. Something
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> Hmm, looks ok. Could you set udev_log=7 in /etc/udev/udev.conf, and
> post the entries that are added to /var/log/messages when you turn on
> the hard drive.
>
$ tail -F /var/log/kernel/current
Nov 17 17:41:51 [kernel] usb-storage: -- transfer complete
N
On 11/17/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> > Hmm, looks ok. Could you set udev_log=7 in /etc/udev/udev.conf, and
> > post the entries that are added to /var/log/messages when you turn on
> > the hard drive.
> >
> $ tail -F /var/log/kernel/cur
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> important. If you have USB and the other drivers built as modules,
> reload them and try again. If they are built into your kernel,
> reboot.
>
This is Chaos.
On reboot, /dev/external_hd and /dev/external_hd1 exist. I mounted the
disk with no problems.
On 11/17/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> > important. If you have USB and the other drivers built as modules,
> > reload them and try again. If they are built into your kernel,
> > reboot.
> >
> This is Chaos.
>
> On reboot, /dev/external_
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> Hmm, do you RC_DEVICE_TARBALL set in /etc/conf.d/rc? That would cause
> something like this, and I recommend setting it to "no" for a pure
> udev setup.
>
Yes, it was there since the time it was recommended. I changed it and
rebooted. The memstick node
On 11/17/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Your USB bus is really not working right! Are these devices connected
> > directly to ports on the PC, or going through a hub? If there is a
> > hub, maybe it is broken...
> >
> No hub. I changed the usb port the case is connected to and n
Am Donnerstag, 17. November 2005 17:19 schrieb ext Jorge Almeida:
> Did it. Upon reboot, I had /dev/external_hd and /dev/external_hd1, but
> only /dev/plextor_memstick (i.e., no mountable /dev/plextor_memstick1).
> I unplugged the stick and turned off the HD case. I plugged back the
> stick. Now /
Am Donnerstag, 17. November 2005 22:11 schrieb ext Richard Fish:
> Hmm, do you RC_DEVICE_TARBALL set in /etc/conf.d/rc? That would cause
> something like this, and I recommend setting it to "no" for a pure
> udev setup.
Then boot into LiveCD, mount your systems root fs (i.e. to /mnt) and delete
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> I'm not sure what the problem could be then. Maybe something in your
> kernel configuration. Could you post the output of:
>
> grep "=[ym]" /usr/src/linux/.config
>
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 17. November 2005 17:19 schrieb ext Jorge Almeida:
>
> > Did it. Upon reboot, I had /dev/external_hd and /dev/external_hd1, but
> > only /dev/plextor_memstick (i.e., no mountable /dev/plextor_memstick1).
> > I unplugged the stick and tur
Am Donnerstag, 17. November 2005 15:14 schrieb ext Jorge Almeida:
> > Hmm, this is strange. Did you check if /dev/sdb is really there? I
> > currently
>
> /dev/sdb and /dev/sdb1 exist, but don't seem to be much help.
> $ ls /dev|grep sdb
> sdb
> sdb1
> sdb10
> sdb11
>
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:21:47 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Did you read my former reply to Richards mail about setting
> RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="no" (booting a LiveCD and clean up /dev)?
You don't need to use a live CD for this. Do
mount --bind / /mnt
and the original static /dev/ directory will b
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> >
> > $ mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/pen
> > mount: /dev/sdb1: can't read superblock
>
> This looks like artifacts from an old, static /dev (RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="yes"
> in /etc/conf.d/rc ?). With udev, you should only see sdb and exactly one
> sdbX for
Am Freitag, 18. November 2005 11:29 schrieb ext Neil Bothwick:
> On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:21:47 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> > Did you read my former reply to Richards mail about setting
> > RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="no" (booting a LiveCD and clean up /dev)?
>
> You don't need to use a live CD for this. D
On 11/18/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I already set RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="no", following Richards' suggestion. I
> didn't boot from a CD and cleaned /dev yet, but I'll give it a try.
> Meanwhile, I upgraded the kernel and added a config option (for
> firewire) that was missing (for s
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
>
> According to the dmesg output you posted earlier, your memory stick is
> not partitioned. This is ok, some are, some are not. You can confirm
> this by taking a look at /proc/partitions when it is inserted, or the
> output of "fdisk -l". So, only get
On 11/20/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> >
> > According to the dmesg output you posted earlier, your memory stick is
> > not partitioned. This is ok, some are, some are not. You can confirm
> > this by taking a look at /proc/partitions wh
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
>
> So if it really is partitioned, we'll have to figure out why the
> kernel is not seeing your partition table. I would be interested to
> see the output of 'fdisk -l /dev/sda' with the stick inserted.
>
No /dev/sda. But there exists /dev/plextor_memst
On 11/22/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ fdisk -l /dev/plextor_memstick
> Disk /dev/plextor_memstick: 1050 MB, 1050934784 bytes
> 129 heads, 19 sectors/track, 837 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 2451 * 512 = 1254912 bytes
>
>
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
>
> Ok, do dmesg and /proc/partitions agree that there is a partition
> there? If not, then the problem is that the kernel is not recognizing
No...
> your partition table. I would suggest:
>
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
>
> fdisk /dev
On 11/23/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> this time. This is just totally unreliable. I guess I'll boot from
> KNOPPIX, to see whether it may be a kernel problem...
Yes, do that. And if it works I guess you will need to start
comparing the Knoppix kernel configuration to yours. May
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 11/23/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > this time. This is just totally unreliable. I guess I'll boot from
> > KNOPPIX, to see whether it may be a kernel problem...
>
> Yes, do that. And if it works I guess you will need to start
> com
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