Before changing kernels, I would run an openSUSE liveCD to test if it sees the USB3 device. Its a quick and simple way to rule out a hardware problem.
Jimmy On 6 July 2011 18:34, Yasha Karant <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been attempting to get a USB 3 external disk to work under X86-64 SL > 6 . lsusb reports a USB 3 port. However, when the drive is inserted into > the USB 3 port, lsusb simply hangs and the drive does not appear nor mount. > > On hardware using the same motherboard and processor as my workstation, we > also have installed OpenSUSE current (not Enterprise SUSE that is the > competitor to RHEL, e.g., SL). The USB 3 external disk works and is seen as > USB 3. > > Here is a copy of the relevant typescript: > > Script started on Wed 06 Jul 2011 04:19:19 PM PDT > ^[]2;admin@ahprc1:~^G^[]1;ahprc1^Gadmin@ahprc1:~> lsusb > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:00cb Microsoft Corp. Basic Optical Mouse v2.0 > Bus 004 Device 002: ID 045e:00dd Microsoft Corp. Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 > V1.0 > Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub > Bus 008 Device 002: ID 152d:0551 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA > Technology Corp. > ^[]2;admin@ahprc1:~^G^[]1;ahprc1^Gadmin@ahprc1:~> uname -a > Linux ahprc1 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-02-21 10:34:10 +0100 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > ^[]2;admin@ahprc1:~^G^[]1;ahprc1^Gadmin@ahprc1:~> mount > devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs > (rw,relatime,size=4056988k,nr_inodes=1014247,mode=755) > tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,relatime) > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) > /dev/sda5 on / type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl) > proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime) > sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime) > debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime) > /dev/sda7 on /home type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl) > securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,relatime) > fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime) > gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/admin/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=100) > /dev/sdb7 on /media/_usr_local type ext2 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,uhelper=udisks) > /dev/sdb6 on /media/_vmware type ext2 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,uhelper=udisks) > /dev/sdb1 on /media/9aaab62a-50eb-4a36-a95c-02ed44d27881 type ext2 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,uhelper=udisks) > /dev/sdb8 on /media/_opt1 type ext2 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,uhelper=udisks) > /dev/sdb12 on /media/88b09855-c009-4cbd-b055-5bda1ec6d432 type ext2 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,uhelper=udisks) > /dev/sdb3 on /media/_home1 type ext2 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,uhelper=udisks) > /dev/sdb11 on /media/_usr11 type ext2 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,uhelper=udisks) > /dev/sdb9 on /media/68cc9e91-1115-4eeb-8e55-bf0f22f6ac26 type ext2 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,uhelper=udisks) > /dev/sdb5 on /media/167ee03e-960b-4c7e-8aba-b62f49d13834 type ext2 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,uhelper=udisks) > /dev/sdb2 on /media/848f55af-9e8c-4f46-bf62-5fd2eb577eb6 type ext2 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,uhelper=udisks) > ^[]2;admin@ahprc1:~^G^[]1;ahprc1^Gadmin@ahprc1:~> exit > exit > > Script done on Wed 06 Jul 2011 04:20:20 PM PDT > > Although the account is called "admin", admin is just a regular user on the > machine upon which the output was generated; I did not need to use any root > privileges. > > A significant difference between the two machines is the kernel: > > 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64 for OpenSUSE > > and > > 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64 for SL 6 > > 2.6.37 seems to work, 2.6.32 does not . > > Can I install a 2.6.37 x86_64 kernel on SL 6? If it does not boot, will > grub during boot give me the usual option of selecting the kernel to boot > and boot the existing 2.6.32 kernel? > > Yasha Karant >
