[opensuse] initializing a usb device
About a month ago, I left a message regarding not being able to start a usb wireless device on boot, and I was hoping to find a command to start it (suse 9.3). As often happens, I go no response. I don't know if no one knew the answer, or if those that did thought it was a stupid quiestion, or if it is clearly stated in the doc (from one trying to free oneself from the newbie status-no linux doc is direct, clear, with examples, etc.-this will be the linux failing- to achieve major market share), and I should have rtfm. Testing the test of insanity, I will again try go get some assistance. I fount /etc/usc/50-usb.hotplug, and ran it with the error: line 40: ACTION: Bad invocation: $ACTION is not set I attempted to assign "add" to $action using export, with no sucess (as best as I can figure out, export in linus is like set in dos) If I unplug it, then plug it in, the light on the usb device comes on and I can access the net. If I can't solve the bootup issue, I would at least like to create a batch file - - uh, I mean script, that will start the usb device. Now I am plugging/unplugging the device every day, wearing down the gold on the connector until, alas, there will be no more. tia, -- John R. Sowden AMERICAN SENTRY SYSTEMS, INC. Residential & Commercial Alarm Service UL Listed Central Station Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967 mail@americansentry.net www.americansentry.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-06-03 at 01:42 -0700, John R. Sowden wrote:
About a month ago, I left a message regarding not being able to start a usb wireless device on boot, and I was hoping to find a command to start it (suse 9.3). As often happens, I go no response. I don't know if no one knew the answer, or if those that did thought it was a stupid quiestion, or if it is clearly stated in the doc (from one trying to free oneself from the newbie status-no linux doc is direct, clear, with examples, etc.-this will be the linux failing- to achieve major market share), and I should have rtfm.
I, for instance, don't know the answer to your problem. However, there is a very good set of books that come with the distro written by the SuSE folks, in paper if you bought the 9.3 distro, or as files otherwise. Plus, I have not seen your previous question. I searched and I only see another email from you last Feb. Ah! You asked that in Jan. :-o
Testing the test of insanity, I will again try go get some assistance. I fount /etc/usc/50-usb.hotplug, and ran it with the error:
No, they are not intended to be run manually.
If I unplug it, then plug it in, the light on the usb device comes on and I can access the net.
But not when you boot up. That could simply be a bug, but as you are using a "very" old distro - so old as to be out of maintenance - the best advice would be for you to update to a newer one, which _might_ have that issue solved. On even older distros there was the command "rcusb restart" or "rchotplug restart" or something like that that would achieve what you are looking for. The system is now different and it doesn't exist. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGYokEtTMYHG2NR9URAkJFAJ0QVHHZcdnreMCrS2SQywRn2an+AgCcDG1p jZH+SuSIrhLbyOiABqghqJk= =1byh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
John R. Sowden wrote:
About a month ago, I left a message regarding not being able to start a usb wireless device on boot, and I was hoping to find a command to start it (suse 9.3). As often happens, I go no response. It is a bit complicated at boot. There is quite a few things that usb needs to be running to work, i.e. udev, /sys and /proc filesystems, etc., before it loads the actual driver for the usb network adapter. I don't know if no one knew the answer, or if those that did thought it was a stupid quiestion, or if it is clearly stated in the doc (from one trying to free oneself from the newbie status-no linux doc is direct, clear, with examples, etc.-this will be the linux failing- to achieve major market share), and I should have rtfm.
I don't know about that, did you also google?
Testing the test of insanity, I will again try go get some assistance. I fount /etc/usc/50-usb.hotplug, and ran it with the error: line 40: ACTION: Bad invocation: $ACTION is not set
9.3 is now unsupported. Perhaps you got no answer before because most of us have upgraded and can't really remember how 9.3 did things differently than now.
I attempted to assign "add" to $action using export, with no sucess (as best as I can figure out, export in linus is like set in dos)
If I unplug it, then plug it in, the light on the usb device comes on and I can access the net.
Are you saying it hot plugs ok after boot, but if inserted before boot, it does not recognize it?
If I can't solve the bootup issue, I would at least like to create a batch file - - uh, I mean script, that will start the usb device.
It is probably lacking a hotplug event.
Now I am plugging/unplugging the device every day, wearing down the gold on the connector until, alas, there will be no more.
Have you tried /etc/init.d/boot.udev restart? -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun June 3 2007 02:47, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
John R. Sowden wrote:
About a month ago, I left a message regarding not being able to start a usb wireless device on boot, and I was hoping to find a command to start it (suse 9.3). As often happens, I go no response.
It is a bit complicated at boot. There is quite a few things that usb needs to be running to work, i.e. udev, /sys and /proc filesystems, etc., before it loads the actual driver for the usb network adapter.
I don't know if no one knew the answer, or if those that did thought it was a stupid quiestion, or if it is clearly stated in the doc (from one trying to free oneself from the newbie status-no linux doc is direct, clear, with examples, etc.-this will be the linux failing- to achieve major market share), and I should have rtfm.
I don't know about that, did you also google?
Testing the test of insanity, I will again try go get some assistance. I fount /etc/usc/50-usb.hotplug, and ran it with the error: line 40: ACTION: Bad invocation: $ACTION is not set
9.3 is now unsupported. Perhaps you got no answer before because most of us have upgraded and can't really remember how 9.3 did things differently than now.
I attempted to assign "add" to $action using export, with no sucess (as best as I can figure out, export in linus is like set in dos)
If I unplug it, then plug it in, the light on the usb device comes on and I can access the net.
Are you saying it hot plugs ok after boot, but if inserted before boot, it does not recognize it?
If I can't solve the bootup issue, I would at least like to create a batch file - - uh, I mean script, that will start the usb device.
It is probably lacking a hotplug event.
Now I am plugging/unplugging the device every day, wearing down the gold on the connector until, alas, there will be no more.
Have you tried /etc/init.d/boot.udev restart?
-- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64
I have a wifi usb device on my suse 9.3 computer. whenever I boot, the usb device is not recognized. The green led on the device does not come on. After booting, if I unplug the device and plug it back in, then it is recognized. I run kwifimanager and all is ok. I can then access the net. I attempted to write a script to 'restart' the hotplug devices, but it does not work. my concern, other than combatting my laziness of having to unplug/plug the device each time I boot, is that eventually the gold on the usb connector will wear away, and I will be left with an intermittent connection. I forgot to add: I went to the F10 screen (error messages?) and found the following:
Thanks for the responses. Below is my first message with some error info:
Re: [opensuse] Not Recognizing USB wifi device on boot
From: "John R. Sowden"
John R. Sowden wrote:
I tried your suggestion-got a response of 'running', but the LED on the netgear usb/wireless never lit. You (Joe) are corerect-will not start on boot but will when I unplug/plug after booting is complete.
Try adding the module for this card to /etc/sysconfig/kernel MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT. It sounds like usb is not modprobing the module.
Re:the 9.3 issue: Correct-I updated it near the end. I attempted to update using the 10.1 CDs, and got a list of errors that I did not understand-dependancies, etc., and, as I use this computer for active business in my office (payroll, etc.), I decided not to play with it. I have been searching for the difference between 10.1 and 10.2, to no avail.
I wasn't real happy with 10.1 (after running 9.3), so I got as involved as I could in the testing for 10.2 before it came out. I think the differences are mostly positive, and I believe 10.2 is definitely worth the upgrade. I did upgrade our office server from 9.3 to 10.2, so I am saying that from experience. HTH. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Carlos E. R.
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Joe Morris (NTM)
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John R. Sowden