On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Bill wrote: > Hi folks, > > The device in question is a voice recorder. It is supposed > to show up as a removable drive on the computer and be > accessible with a browser (such as IE) for drag and drop > upload and download via usb. > > Further investigations have led me to conclude that this is > a two part problem. One part is a scsi/kernel problem, and > the second is a mounting problem I think. > > To see if it was indeed a scsi problem and if the device could > be detected, I rebooted using a stock 2.6.8 kernel. The device > was discovered without a problem and the information revealed > is appended below. So perhaps there is a problem with my kernel. > Also I could not locate the files on the device so that > presents a second problem. No icon shows upon the desktop > for example. > > As far as scsi modules go, dmesg shows nothing for scsi. > Likewise, lsmod reveals no scsi modules are loaded. However, in > /lib/modules/2.6.21.5/kernel/drivers/scsi/ I have ide-scsi.ko, > scsi_mod.ko, scsi_wait_scan.ko, sd_mod.ko, and sg_mod.ko. So > it could be I don't have sufficient scsi modules or perhaps > it's a boot problem in which scsi is not being started? On > the other hand, things worked with the 2.6.8 kernel using > the 2.6.8 modules of which there are a huge number. > > So that's as far as I've gotten.
This could be a problem with udev. Have you tried loading the SCSI modules by hand? How about usb-storage? > Here's the data from the 2.6.8 kernel I mentioned. > Hope it helps somewhat. The boot-up dmesg log from the non-working kernel would be more useful. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
