== Nick wrote on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:25:37 +1300 (NZDT) == >I got a DSE USB2 PCI (xh9738) card on Saturday and installed it in the St >Albans linux repository machine in the hop that people will be able to >take their external hard drives or flash drives in and take a copy of what >they want. > >There have been a few problems with it though. We kept getting this >message with one of Raffael's external hard drives: > >[ 261.828000] hub 1-0:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 4 disabled > >(The hub and port numbers were variable) > >This seems to be an oft reported bug in various distros, with no firm >fixes. Suggestions ranged from "report it on the kernel mailing list" to >"update your kernel" to "it worked fine after a reboot". > >However I suspect that a kernel update may help, and is unlikely to cause >harm. The St Albans machine seems to be unmaintained (or Mandriva is >woefully behind the 8 ball in kernel versions!). Its the first time I have >used or even seen it.
What version and what kernel are you running? That latest for mdv2008.0 is 2.6.22.18-1mdv issued 12 Feb. > >Also the lack of a root password inhibited some debugging, along with the >lackof some basic utilities like lsusb (or perhaps its only available to >the root user). Thankfully lspci was usable. > >How about a more modern distro on this machine? .-.-.-.-.-.-. David located at 39.12.08S 173.48.31E beneath the Mountain, beside the Sea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ who's computer uses linux/open source software, featuring Mandriva Linux release 2008.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.22.18-desktop-1mdv 11:36:29 up 2:28, 1 user, load average: 2.23, 1.87, 1.76 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
