[Bug 541580] Re: /proc/bus/usb gone missing

2010-03-20 Thread gdesilva
Upon further investigations, I found out that from 2.6.31-20 onwards will not provide /proc/bus/usb. If this is the case then this will not be classified as a bug. Also, further investigations confirmed that Plextor firmware load does not require /proc/bus/usb and it is possible to do a firmware

[Bug 541580] Re: /proc/bus/usb gone missing

2010-03-19 Thread gdesilva
It appears that the same problem has occurred with earlier versions of the 64bit OS. I am told that in later versions of kernel /proc/bus/usb will not be available. However, a workaround of sorts for this has been already found https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/507824 The solution is

[Bug 541580] [NEW] /proc/bus/usb gone missing

2010-03-18 Thread gdesilva
Public bug reported: I have been using Plextor USB device successfully which requires usbfs mount on /proc/bus/usb to do a firmware reload. After the kernel upgrade to 2.6.31-20 I found that usbfs mount fails as there is no /proc/bus/usb available. I reverted back to 2.6.31-19 and the problem

[Bug 447312] Re: [Karmic Beta] Bluetooth is disabled.

2009-11-29 Thread gdesilva
I also have been experiencing a similar problem to above. I use a Dell Dimension 9150 desktop with a Dell bluetooth dongle and bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Everything worked fine in Jaunty. With Karmic, the keyboard and mouse works fine although I cannot get the bluetooth apps to work - no

[Bug 447312] Re: [Karmic Beta] Bluetooth is disabled.

2009-11-29 Thread gdesilva
Hi, here is the output from dmesg | grep Bluetooth in my case; [0.980013] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.15 [0.980033] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [0.980033] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [1.755664] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.13 [1.755667] Bluetooth:

[Bug 447312] Re: [Karmic Beta] Bluetooth is disabled.

2009-11-29 Thread gdesilva
For the benefit of those who are having the problem I was experiencinghere is the solution Check out the post on http://ubuntu- ky.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8298037 Essentially, 1. Remove dongle. 2. Press red dot. (reset button) 3. Insert dongle while the red dot is pressed and hold