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Tarmin
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 Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 1:25 am Post subject: [SOLVED] Udev not working? |
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Hey everyone,
I've been trying to get my usb wireless card working for some time now, with no success. I came across a post on another site that suggested maybe it was a problem with the USB. So, I tried putting my MP3 player into one of my USB for a test, and lo behold, dmesg completely ignores its existence! The same happens with my wireless card. 
I find it really strange why it's not detecting it at all. I have hot plug support enabled in the kernel, I have udev 0.87 installed, as well as hotplug and coldplug, with coldplug set to load on boot. The Udev daemon is definitely running as well, so that's not the problem. It's also definitely not a hardware problem, as the same ports work fine under Windows.
I'm completely stumped! My searches have been fruitless, so any ideas guys? 
Thanks,
Tarmin.
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kabage
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| Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:31 am Post subject: Try |
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| Code: | | cat /proc/bus/usb/devices |
If that is not there or shows nothing then make sure
the kernel usb stuff is enabled.
If it does show something than your usb bus is probably working
maybe
| Code: | | emerge usbutils -av |
This will help your usb bus recognize devices, of course assuming your usb bus is working
you will still need the usb driver for whatever your plugging into the bus, mp3 player, printer, harddrive
so do check the appropriate wifi driver is enabled as a module usually.
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Tarmin
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| Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, thanks for the reply!
/proc/bus/usb/devices only contains information about the ehci driver that's been loaded for my usb hub. Sorry that I neglected to mention that I'd checked USB was enabled 
I already had usbutils emerged, but lsusb doesn't recognise anything other than the hub.
Thanks,
Tarmin. |
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Cyberwizzard
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| Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Sounds to me like you are missing the correct USB driver for your motherboard - normally you would at least see the dmesg output when you hook *something* up. |
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Tarmin
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| Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Sorted!
You were right, it was a driver problem. My motherboard is the a78nx deluxe, and it was running the uchi-hcd driver. I noticed when searching that other people with the same board on other distros were using the ohci, and when I swapped them over in the kernel the next boot showed everything!
Thanks for the help everyone!
I'll mark this solved for now, but if I can't get my wireless working I may well reopen it... |
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