[GNHLUG] [DLSLUG-Announce] TONIGHT: Improving Linux Disk Performance - DLSLUG Monthly Meeting - 2009-03-05

2009-03-05 Thread Bill McGonigle
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USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Brian Chabot
I recently got a (rather nice otherwise) sound recorder that connects via USB to a computer. When I plug it in, I get this in my /var/log/messages: Mar 5 04:14:35 ono-sendai kernel: usb 2-1.4: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 64 Mar 5 04:14:35 ono-sendai kernel: usb

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread VirginSnow
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:21:45 -0500 From: Brian Chabot br...@datasquire.net I recently got a (rather nice otherwise) sound recorder that connects via USB to a computer. Does it play back as well as record? If so, do the recordings sound correct when played directly from the device?

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Brian Chabot br...@datasquire.net wrote: Is the device not liking my low-speed hub? Any time one has trouble with a USB device on a hub, the first thing to do is to try plugging it directly into the host's USB port. That said, I second the suggestion of

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Alan Johnson
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Brian Chabot br...@datasquire.net wrote: Anyone have any ideas what's going on here? Is the device not liking my low-speed hub? Is the memory on the device bad? How might I check? FSCK? I've definitely seen some older hubs cause problems with devices on

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Thomas Charron
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Brian Chabot br...@datasquire.net wrote: I recently got a (rather nice otherwise) sound recorder that connects via USB to a computer. When I plug it in, I get this in my /var/log/messages: Mar  5 04:14:35 ono-sendai kernel: usb 2-1.4: new full speed USB device

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Brian Chabot
Thomas Charron wrote: What version of hal do you have, as well as what kernel? There where USB mass storage size issues fixed in both newer kernels, and hal, specifically for large storage devices. Hal is hal-0.5.10-0.rc2.4mdv2008.0 and I'm running

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Brian Chabot
Alan Johnson wrote: I've definitely seen some older hubs cause problems with devices on Linux boxes. Silly question, but did you try plugging in directly to the machine (assuming it has 2.0 ports)? The USB ports are not trivial to reach, so I'll try that later (or on a system at work)

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Thomas Charron
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Brian Chabot br...@datasquire.net wrote: Thomas Charron wrote:   What version of hal do you have, as well as what kernel?  There where USB mass storage size issues fixed in both newer kernels, and hal, specifically for large storage devices. Hal is

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Brian Chabot
Thomas Charron wrote: There where fixes in both in newer versions. 2.6.24 included USB fixes size issues, as well as hal 0.5.11. I'm trying to keep this system as close to stock as possible, so I'll integrate those as soon as Mandriva's normal update repositories have them... What

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Brian Chabot
virgins...@vfemail.net wrote: Does it play back as well as record? If so, do the recordings sound correct when played directly from the device? Yup. Sounds just fine on the device itself. That's not likely to be a problem unless you're playing a high bitrate mp3 directly over USB from

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Thomas Charron
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Brian Chabot br...@datasquire.net wrote: Thomas Charron wrote:   There where fixes in both in newer versions.  2.6.24 included USB fixes size issues, as well as hal 0.5.11. I'm trying to keep this system as close to stock as possible, so I'll integrate those

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Thomas Charron
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Brian Chabot br...@datasquire.net wrote: What is confusing me is that it is properly detected, according to this: Mar  5 09:29:17 ono-sendai kernel: sd 52:0:0:0: [sdb] 246864 512-byte hardware sectors (126 MB) ...but only miliseconds later, I see: Mar  5

Re: USB Question...

2009-03-05 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Thursday 05 March 2009 11:07:26 Thomas Charron wrote: On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Brian Chabot br...@datasquire.net wrote: Thomas Charron wrote: There where fixes in both in newer versions. 2.6.24 included USB fixes size issues, as well as hal 0.5.11. I'm trying to keep this