Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2003-01-03 Thread Jason
Thanks for the help. I have reformatted the SM card as fat32 but it still doesn't work. I believe the problem is in how the Mandrake kernel handles multiple media readers (to make matters worse, mine is also a writer). Since Linux USB support is still patchy I am now convinced I will have to wa

Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2003-01-03 Thread Jason
I'm on ML 9.0but have tried it on the recent cooker box as wellstill no joy. Cheers Jason John Richard Smith wrote: Jason wrote: Mine is a multiple media device so if you figure it out...please let me know how you did it!! =) Cheers Jason John Richard Smith wrote: Funny thing, I

Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2002-12-30 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 30 Dec 2002 3:21 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > Jason wrote: > I haven't figured it all out yet, but here is where you can start. > > http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Finnis/flashreader.html > http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/ubb/Forum462/HTML/01.html > > Our readers require multipl

Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2002-12-30 Thread John Richard Smith
Jason wrote: Mine is a multiple media device so if you figure it out...please let me know how you did it!! =) Cheers Jason John Richard Smith wrote: Funny thing, I just found that out , tonight, on my own. the text editor has to end on a new blank line before saving and exiting. If you don'

Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2002-12-29 Thread Jason
Mine is a multiple media device so if you figure it out...please let me know how you did it!! =) Cheers Jason John Richard Smith wrote: Funny thing, I just found that out , tonight, on my own. the text editor has to end on a new blank line before saving and exiting. If you don't , nothing will

Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2002-12-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Funny thing, I just found that out , tonight, on my own. the text editor has to end on a new blank line before saving and exiting. If you don't , nothing will be accepted by the mount proceedure and mount -a [mntent]: warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab mount: special device /dev/sdb

Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2002-12-29 Thread Jason
I am struggling with a USB card reader just the same. One thing I have learned is that at the end of fstab you MUST leave one blank line or you will have major system problems...I know I did. Cheers Jason PS, that's what it means by no new line... John Richard Smith wrote: This is what usbvi

Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2002-12-29 Thread John Richard Smith
This is what usbview shows, Gdk-WARNING **: Creating pixmap from xpm with NULL window and colormap Generic USB Storage Device Manufacturer: Generic Serial Number: 0AEC30501A002 Speed: 12Mb/s (full) USB Version: 1.10 Device Class: 00(>ifc ) Device Subclass: 00 Device Protocol: 00 Maximum Defa

Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2002-12-28 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 28 Dec 2002 7:42 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) * 0,1,0 1) * 0,2,0 2) 'PIONEER ' 'DVD-ROM DVD-116 ' '1.22' Removable CD-ROM 0,3,0 3) 'MITSUMI ' 'CR-48X9TE ' '1.0C' Removable CD-ROM scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) 'Generic ' 'USB S

Re: [newbie] Generic USB Storage Device

2002-12-28 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 28 Dec 2002 7:42 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > I have this new usb storage device , a reader which > KDE CC - info - usb devices detects as, > > (snip) > > > EVEN MORE LATER > > Whatever the problem, it lies somewhere with xcdroast rather than > cdrecord , because I can write on the