USB Just wont work!

meekamoo · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:28 pm Post subject: USB Just wont work!

Heya,

I've only recently installed gentoo for the first time but have run other flavours of linux for years... I've installed gentoo perfectly fine but the USB does not seem to want to work properly. I've compiled the kernel as it is meant to be. usbcore.c finds the usb controller on boot but there is nothing in the /proc/bus/usb when I mount it with usbfs and lsusb finds nothing? I've gone through the gentoo usb guide but to no avail.

thanks

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject:

meekamoo,

Welcome to gentoo.

It sounds like you have the wrong USB drivers for your hardware.
If you have USB 2.0, you need the EHCI-HCD kernel module.
If yo have USB 1.1/1.0 you need either the OHCI-HCD or the UHCI-HCD module but not both.

lspci will show the combination you need.
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meekamoo · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject:

Hey,

Thanks for the heads up but there seems to be a more involved problem. I've found out that I have a OHCI (old USB1.0 nforce mobo) interface. Each time I try to load the module it crashes (even if I compile it into the kernel)...

Any ideas?