On Friday 01 January 2010 15:48:52 Michael Sullivan wrote: > Hello > > My wife's computer is pretty slow, so I've attached and old hard drive > into a hard drive enclosure and hooked it into her USB port for > additional swap space. It used to work. The swap space is supposed to > be /dev/sda1. The problem is that for some reason when I rebooted this > morning with a new kernel, /dev/sda does not exist anymore. I'm at a > lost as to what to do now. Here's dmesg, or at least the parts > portaining to usb devices:
does it make a difference if you disable CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND, which can be done by reloading the module "usbcore" with the option "autosuspend=-1" ? > > catherine dev # dmesg | grep usb > usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs > usbcore: registered new interface driver hub > usbcore: registered new device driver usb > usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage > usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev > usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid > usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver > usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 > usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62 > usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62 > usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 > usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62 > usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62 > usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4 > usb 3-2: device not accepting address 4, error -62 > usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 > usb 3-2: device not accepting address 5, error -62 > > and here is lsmod: > > catherine dev # lsmod > Module Size Used by > nfsd 212004 9 > xt_DSCP 2676 17 > xt_multiport 2512 4 > xt_tcpudp 2528 55 > iptable_nat 4308 1 > nf_nat 16104 1 iptable_nat > xt_limit 2036 27 > nf_conntrack_ipv4 11692 18 iptable_nat,nf_nat > nf_defrag_ipv4 1668 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4 > xt_state 1780 15 > nf_conntrack 60044 4 > iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state > ipt_LOG 4896 27 > iptable_mangle 2268 1 > xt_string 1764 0 > ipt_ULOG 5784 0 > iptable_filter 2260 1 > ip_tables 10264 3 > iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter > x_tables 14684 10 > xt_DSCP,xt_multiport,xt_tcpudp,iptable_nat,xt_limit,xt_state,ipt_LOG,xt_str > ing,ipt_ULOG,ip_tables ipv6 216088 20 > snd_pcm_oss 30740 0 > snd_mixer_oss 13456 2 snd_pcm_oss > snd_seq_oss 23496 0 > snd_seq_midi_event 6312 1 snd_seq_oss > snd_seq 42988 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event > snd_seq_device 6352 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq > lp 8184 0 > snd_intel8x0 26864 1 > snd_ac97_codec 93624 1 snd_intel8x0 > ac97_bus 1456 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_pcm 60476 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec > sis900 17960 0 > ppdev 5752 0 > mii 4736 1 sis900 > shpchp 27540 0 > pcspkr 2204 0 > processor 35088 0 > pci_hotplug 24584 1 shpchp > snd_timer 18172 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm > sis_agp 6640 1 > agpgart 31260 1 sis_agp > snd 51020 9 > snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,s > nd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer snd_page_alloc 8168 2 > snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm > button 5192 0 > rtc_cmos 9432 0 > floppy 47372 0 > fan 4084 0 > rtc_core 15912 1 rtc_cmos > rtc_lib 2620 1 rtc_core > thermal 12828 0 > parport_pc 32580 1 > thermal_sys 12432 3 processor,fan,thermal > tg3 95332 0 > libphy 21256 1 tg3 > e1000 103876 0 > fuse 52728 0 > xfs 428276 0 > exportfs 3764 2 nfsd,xfs > nfs 228192 1 > auth_rpcgss 33564 2 nfsd,nfs > nfs_acl 2612 2 nfsd,nfs > lockd 59124 2 nfsd,nfs > sunrpc 169108 15 nfsd,nfs,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl,lockd > jfs 151124 0 > raid10 19696 0 > dm_bbr 9656 0 > dm_snapshot 22180 0 > dm_crypt 11148 0 > dm_mirror 13076 0 > dm_region_hash 10704 1 dm_mirror > dm_log 8680 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash > dm_mod 57896 5 > dm_bbr,dm_snapshot,dm_crypt,dm_mirror,dm_log > scsi_wait_scan 1056 0 > sbp2 19648 0 > ohci1394 26352 0 > ieee1394 75548 2 sbp2,ohci1394 > sl811_hcd 9408 0 > usbhid 31684 0 > ohci_hcd 21528 0 > ssb 38308 1 ohci_hcd > uhci_hcd 19248 0 > usb_storage 49012 0 > ehci_hcd 30756 0 > usbcore 125412 7 > sl811_hcd,usbhid,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,ehci_hcd > aic94xx 63056 0 > libsas 40312 1 aic94xx > lpfc 335680 0 > qla2xxx 198228 0 > megaraid_sas 28672 0 > megaraid_mbox 27444 0 > megaraid_mm 8140 1 megaraid_mbox > megaraid 37876 0 > aacraid 61408 0 > sx8 13232 0 > DAC960 61252 0 > cciss 83956 0 > 3w_9xxx 28080 0 > 3w_xxxx 21528 0 > mptsas 44696 0 > scsi_transport_sas 25004 3 aic94xx,libsas,mptsas > mptfc 14444 0 > scsi_transport_fc 39252 3 lpfc,qla2xxx,mptfc > scsi_tgt 10984 1 scsi_transport_fc > mptspi 15484 0 > mptscsih 28516 3 mptsas,mptfc,mptspi > mptbase 78172 4 mptsas,mptfc,mptspi,mptscsih > atp870u 25132 0 > dc395x 29184 0 > qla1280 20272 0 > imm 8980 0 > parport 31484 4 lp,ppdev,parport_pc,imm > dmx3191d 9472 0 > sym53c8xx 65888 0 > qlogicfas408 6292 0 > gdth 76584 0 > advansys 52732 0 > initio 15264 0 > BusLogic 20632 0 > arcmsr 19832 0 > aic7xxx 104240 0 > aic79xx 109548 0 > scsi_transport_spi 20276 5 > mptspi,dmx3191d,sym53c8xx,aic7xxx,aic79xx > sg 25136 0 > pdc_adma 6208 0 > sata_inic162x 8328 0 > sata_mv 24500 0 > ata_piix 22152 0 > ahci 32120 0 > sata_qstor 6324 0 > sata_vsc 5036 0 > sata_uli 3824 0 > sata_sis 4840 0 > sata_sx4 9144 0 > sata_nv 20180 0 > sata_via 8304 0 > sata_svw 4856 0 > sata_sil24 11980 0 > sata_sil 8344 0 > sata_promise 9908 0 > pata_pcmcia 10796 0 > pcmcia 31232 2 ssb,pata_pcmcia > pcmcia_core 32096 2 ssb,pcmcia > > I don't know if I just don't have the right drivers loaded or installed > or what, but this is a problem. My mother-in-law is coming today and > she's the type of person who will be scared off if something doesn't > work right. We don't want her scared off. She's a Windows user, so > this is kind of a big deal for us. Thank you for your help. Please let > me know if there's any other information you need in order to help me... > -Michael Sullivan- > -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
