---- "Guillermo A. Amaral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:26:31 Derek Carlson wrote: > > I am experiencing some weirdness booting while an external USB storage > > device is attached. As background (and only because I hope it will give > > a clue as to the exact software set), I am currently running from a > > system that was installed from the Beta 0.8, base ISO. > > > > If I leave my external 200GB hard drive, attached through USB cable, > > connected during the boot process, I get a number of errors during the > > > > auto configuration process. The log file reports this: > > >>> snip <<< > > > > Jan 24 06:48:44 slacker1 usb 3-7: new high speed USB device using > > ehci_hcd and address 4 > > Jan 24 06:48:44 slacker1 usb 3-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > > Jan 24 06:48:44 slacker1 scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage > > devices Jan 24 06:48:44 slacker1 usb-storage: device found at 4 > > Jan 24 06:48:44 slacker1 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle > > before scanning > > Jan 24 06:48:49 slacker1 usb 3-7: reset high speed USB device using > > ehci_hcd and address 4 > > Jan 24 06:48:49 slacker1 usb 3-7: device firmware changed > > Jan 24 06:48:49 slacker1 usb 3-7: USB disconnect, address 4 > > Jan 24 06:48:49 slacker1 usb-storage: device scan complete > > Jan 24 06:48:49 slacker1 usb 3-7: new high speed USB device using > > ehci_hcd and address 5 > > Jan 24 06:48:50 slacker1 usb 3-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71 > > Jan 24 06:48:56 slacker1 usb 3-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71 > > Jan 24 06:48:56 slacker1 usb 3-7: new high speed USB device using > > ehci_hcd and address 6 > > Jan 24 06:48:57 slacker1 usb 3-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71 > > Jan 24 06:49:02 slacker1 usb 3-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71 > > Jan 24 06:49:02 slacker1 usb 3-7: new high speed USB device using > > ehci_hcd and address 7 > > Jan 24 06:49:08 slacker1 usb 3-7: device not accepting address 7, error -71 > > Jan 24 06:49:08 slacker1 usb 3-7: new high speed USB device using > > ehci_hcd and address 8 > > Jan 24 06:49:08 slacker1 usb 3-7: device not accepting address 8, error -71 > > > > >>> snip <<< > > > > From there I can often times boot the system, but not necessarily or > > always. For example, one time my sound card was not discovered. One > > time I got a failure on a partition that was not being mounted and the > > system halted. Rebooting has solved these problems. > > > > If I can successfully boot and start gnome while the hard drive was > > attached, the external drive will not show up as a mounted volume. > > When I unplug and plug the external hard drive again, my USB mouse will > > crap out, and only rebooting the computer will bring the mouse back again. > > > > If I leave *any* USB devices (flash drive for example) attached at boot > > time, I'll get similar scenarios as above. > > > > If I remove all USB devices, save the mouse, the system will boot > > correctly. I can start gnome, and I can plug the external drive into > > the USB port, and I can mount it through nautilus, but it will not auto > > mount in spite of having HAL daemon started, and having installed > > pmount and (for some reason unknown to me but reported in a forum) > > gnome-volume-manager. > > > > The last is a minor inconvenience, but the booting process being flaky > > is a bit disconcerting. > > > > I've commented out the entries in fstab except for the /, home and swap > > volumes. pmount is installed. > > > > My main problem is booting and what has caused me difficulties is trying > > to do is to get automount features to work again in gnome. It works > > fine on my other Arch partition which was installed a year ago or so, > > currently upgraded to testing. The old partition is booted with > > "earlymodules=piix". I did not install legacy IDE support on the new > > system. > > > > I am happy to post other information if someone has a clue as to what's > > going on here. I am unable to access this PC during the day, so I won't > > be able to reply until tonight. > > > > Your kind support would be appreciated. > > > > dViking > > > > _______________________________________________ > > arch mailing list > > arch@archlinux.org > > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > I've had this happen with my $pod, it might just be that the drive can't > handle the stress and loses sync so it disconnects and all kinds of wonky > things happen when it tries to complete it's scan. > > In my case I had to get a better cable and stop using heavily > > What kind of drive is it? is it an enclosure drive? > If so, you might need to get a high end enclosure, trust me T_T I've been > there. > > -- > Guillermo A. Amaral, BCSE > @ site: http://www.guillermoamaral.com/ > @ blog: http://blog.guillermoamaral.com/ > # nick: thewonka / thewonka81 Hi Guillermo,
The drive is a MAXTOR 200GB external drive. It's housed in a pretty heavy, shielded case, and connects to the computer via a shielded USB cable. The cable seems longer than necessary, but there's a heavy braided shield that would seem to protect it pretty well. Those are some good ideas, and I will try them. The thing that has me perplexed is that the drive will be plugged in and recognized correctly by my other Arch partition. Something's different between them and I'm not sure if it's a configuration issue (my bad) or new software issue. Again, thx for the suggestions. I'm open to ideas! Kind regards, dViking _______________________________________________ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
