> Richard Harke wrote: > > My wife has an external USB DVD reader/writer which I > > thought I'd try. I get some lines in dmesg when I power it up > > but I can't find it with dvdrecord -scanbus > > I have an ATAPI CD burner which works fine. I suspect that its > > presence may interfere with the USB model. I've googled until > > I'm google-eyed. I found one persons remark that he had it > > working fine now, the hard part was determining the /dev > > to use. He didn't say what worked, however. [snip]
Whenever I get a new USB device that doesn't work right away, I do this: As root, `tail /var/log/messages`, unplug the USB, wait about 5 seconds, replug the USB, then `tail /var/log/messages` again. It should say *something* about the device. If the log says the device is recognized, you just gotta figure out how to access the device. If it says the device is "not claimed by any active driver" and there's no "usb.agent ... loaded successfully" message right below it, then you need a driver. You can try google search on the message in /var/log/messages to see if anyone else is using the product and having problems. The vend/prod number in /var/log/messages is especially important, as it need to be recognized before the USB drivers can do anything with it. -Mark -- Mark K. Kim AIM: markus kimius Homepage: http://www.cbreak.org/ Xanga: http://www.xanga.com/vindaci Friendster: http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=13046 PGP key fingerprint: 7324 BACA 53AD E504 A76E 5167 6822 94F0 F298 5DCE PGP key available on the homepage _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
