Re: [Sheflug] USB

[James Wallbank <nospam [at] lowtech.org>]

Hi Ian,

Just yesterday I successfully got a USB port going under Mandrake 
8.0. My experience was this:

1) Using HardDrake the machine frequently locked up. (I actually had 
to power off several times - thank goodness for ReiserFS).

2) Research on the net showed me the exact USB module I needed for my 
USB device (it was se401, as it happens). I downloaded & compiled it, 
then gzipped it and put it somewhere logical like 
/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/ (I think that's where 
it's meant to live). I gzipped it because all of the other modules 
were gzipped - but I don't think you have to do this).

3) At the shell I used rmmod to remove every module that I judged to 
be relevant (using output from lsmod) then I used insmod to add all 
of the relevant modules in the appropriate order (i.e. the modules 
that don't depend on other modules first).

4) Much random experimentation seemed to suggest that the one that 
seemed to be causing the hang-ups was usb-uhci. Not sure whether 
this'll be a problem with your system.

5) Once everything was insmodded (including usb-uhci) my webcam 
worked. When I shutdown and rebooted, much to my surprise everything 
seemed to be in place and working. I guess Mandrake must have 
preserved the state of the machine. I was just getting ready to try 
some messy hacks to sort out the startup order, but I didn't have to!

Hope this helps.

James
=====

>Hi ya,
>
>I have just brought an LogiTech mouse for the USB port but I am having
>trouble with my USB port with it, the port works under Windows, so the port
>is working. When Mandrake starts up it says that it has a failure to start
>up the USB port, I have a AMD motherboard SA AMD 750 ATX. If any of could
>offer some help on the matter it would be greatly received.
>I have Mandrake v8.0 installed.
>Ian
>
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