Kernel 2.6.5-7 and USB flash disk, and support for Conexant CX88 chipset
I just installed the above (Mantel) kernel on the understanding that it now has support - albeit primitive - for the Conexant CX2388x chipset (on the tv tuner card I bought very recently). Well, I must be doing something very wrong but the card is not recognised in any size, form or shape :-(. Considering that this is kernel 2.6.5-7 and SuSE 9.1 is now no doubt at the "factory" being massed produced for release in a few weeks, I am now wondering what sort of hassles one can expect with the version of the kernel plonked into Suse 9.1. I mention this especially because I now, using kerenel 2.6.5, cannot use the USB flash disk (which was the subject of msgs in this forum last week but which I managed to get to work under the "standard" kernel in Suse 9.0). Fdisk recognises the flash disk as /dev/sda1, formatted as FAT and 256Mb big but when it is plugged in the hotplug thingie does not put the entry into fstab (which it does under kernel 2.4.21-199) for it to be mounted. So, the flash disk causes a beep, the diode lights up, fdsik displays its presence - but after that, zilch, nought, zero. Anyone have any ideas of what is missing here or what should be done to have at least the flash disk working? Cheers. -- All Scottish food is based on a dare.
On Friday 09 April 2004 10:46 am, Basil Chupin wrote:
I just installed the above (Mantel) kernel on the understanding that it now has support - albeit primitive - for the Conexant CX2388x chipset (on the tv tuner card I bought very recently). Well, I must be doing something very wrong but the card is not recognised in any size, form or shape :-(.
Considering that this is kernel 2.6.5-7 and SuSE 9.1 is now no doubt at the "factory" being massed produced for release in a few weeks, I am now wondering what sort of hassles one can expect with the version of the kernel plonked into Suse 9.1.
I mention this especially because I now, using kerenel 2.6.5, cannot use the USB flash disk (which was the subject of msgs in this forum last week but which I managed to get to work under the "standard" kernel in Suse 9.0).
Fdisk recognises the flash disk as /dev/sda1, formatted as FAT and 256Mb big but when it is plugged in the hotplug thingie does not put the entry into fstab (which it does under kernel 2.4.21-199) for it to be mounted. So, the flash disk causes a beep, the diode lights up, fdsik displays its presence - but after that, zilch, nought, zero.
Anyone have any ideas of what is missing here or what should be done to have at least the flash disk working?
Cheers.
-- All Scottish food is based on a dare.
Basil, Not sure if this will help, hinder or render your system useless, but have you been to kraxel's site to update all the files there you have on your system? There is one in particular, I think might be needed for the 2.6.x kernel on our 9.0 systems and that is "udev". To the best of my understanding, and I haven't tried this yet, that should help with the USB problems. You should check all those file versions with your installed files as well and update as they are needed for the new kernel anyway. The last 2.6.x version I tried, there were problems with the usb devices on my system as well, but I think this will correct some of those things. Lee -- --- KMail v1.6.1 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.0 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...
BandiPat wrote:
On Friday 09 April 2004 10:46 am, Basil Chupin wrote:
I just installed the above (Mantel) kernel on the understanding that it now has support - albeit primitive - for the Conexant CX2388x chipset (on the tv tuner card I bought very recently). Well, I must be doing something very wrong but the card is not recognised in any size, form or shape :-(.
Considering that this is kernel 2.6.5-7 and SuSE 9.1 is now no doubt at the "factory" being massed produced for release in a few weeks, I am now wondering what sort of hassles one can expect with the version of the kernel plonked into Suse 9.1.
I mention this especially because I now, using kerenel 2.6.5, cannot use the USB flash disk (which was the subject of msgs in this forum last week but which I managed to get to work under the "standard" kernel in Suse 9.0).
Fdisk recognises the flash disk as /dev/sda1, formatted as FAT and 256Mb big but when it is plugged in the hotplug thingie does not put the entry into fstab (which it does under kernel 2.4.21-199) for it to be mounted. So, the flash disk causes a beep, the diode lights up, fdsik displays its presence - but after that, zilch, nought, zero.
Anyone have any ideas of what is missing here or what should be done to have at least the flash disk working?
Cheers.
-- All Scottish food is based on a dare.
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Basil,
Not sure if this will help, hinder or render your system useless, but have you been to kraxel's site to update all the files there you have on your system? There is one in particular, I think might be needed for the 2.6.x kernel on our 9.0 systems and that is "udev". To the best of my understanding, and I haven't tried this yet, that should help with the USB problems. You should check all those file versions with your installed files as well and update as they are needed for the new kernel anyway. The last 2.6.x version I tried, there were problems with the usb devices on my system as well, but I think this will correct some of those things.
Lee
Thanks for trying, Lee, but udel is not the answer :-( (and it didn't crash the system). I have, BTW, read all there is to read on the Suse SDB re USB and I have installed from kraxel's page the bits which Suse recommend when transferring to the 2.6 kernel. One of the items recommended to be updated was hotplug...rpm but the version on the kraxel page is superceded by the one already installed on my system! (go figure). The weirdest part of this -- no I shouldn't say "weirdest" 'cause we are dealing with computers here -- is that I can mount the flash disk manually- but ONLY as root. Try mounting this as user and the error message that 'only root can do this' comes up. The mount command, BTW, used is mount -t /dev/sda /media/sda1. If you have any other ideas I'd be glad to hear them. Cheers. -- All Scottish food is based on a dare.
On 04/10/2004 02:39 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
The weirdest part of this -- no I shouldn't say "weirdest" 'cause we are dealing with computers here -- is that I can mount the flash disk manually- but ONLY as root. Try mounting this as user and the error message that 'only root can do this' comes up. The mount command, BTW, used is mount -t /dev/sda /media/sda1.
that should probably be mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1
If you have any other ideas I'd be glad to hear them.
You could put the relevant info in fstab, with the options noauto,user added. Then add a desktop link, and you can mount it easily as user. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 04/10/2004 02:39 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
The weirdest part of this -- no I shouldn't say "weirdest" 'cause we are dealing with computers here -- is that I can mount the flash disk manually- but ONLY as root. Try mounting this as user and the error message that 'only root can do this' comes up. The mount command, BTW, used is mount -t /dev/sda /media/sda1.
that should probably be mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1
Yes, it should be. A typo on my part.
If you have any other ideas I'd be glad to hear them.
You could put the relevant info in fstab, with the options noauto,user added. Then add a desktop link, and you can mount it easily as user.
Thank you for this. So simple and straightforward - and it works. Why couldn't someone from Suse who reads this forum tell me this earlier and saved me hours of searching, reading, frustration, ....? Again, thank you for this solution. Cheers. -- All Scottish food is based on a dare.
Regarding the latest Mantel kernels .. In addition to my not being able to mount USB devices, even as root, the Intel nic support on my Gateway 200ARC notebook is broken. I've been trying to figure out a way to get dmesg output and get the information to Mantel and this newsgroup, but without being able to mount USB removable storage, broken nic support, and oddness with my CDRW (it keeps getting recognized and unrecognized), I can't get the information off the machine. I'm sure this is a known issue .. But the Gateway 200ARC is Centrino based. I have not been able to get any power features (I really could use the power meter!) on SuSE 9.0 with the latest YaST updated kernel or the kernel of the day. -----Original Message----- From: Basil Chupin [mailto:blchupin@tpg.com.au] Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 7:55 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Kernel 2.6.5-7 and USB flash disk, and support for Conexant CX88 chipset Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 04/10/2004 02:39 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
The weirdest part of this -- no I shouldn't say "weirdest" 'cause we are dealing with computers here -- is that I can mount the flash disk manually- but ONLY as root. Try mounting this as user and the error message that 'only root can do this' comes up. The mount command, BTW, used is mount -t /dev/sda /media/sda1.
that should probably be mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1
Yes, it should be. A typo on my part.
If you have any other ideas I'd be glad to hear them.
You could put the relevant info in fstab, with the options noauto,user added. Then add a desktop link, and you can mount it easily as user.
Thank you for this. So simple and straightforward - and it works. Why couldn't someone from Suse who reads this forum tell me this earlier and saved me hours of searching, reading, frustration, ....? Again, thank you for this solution. Cheers. -- All Scottish food is based on a dare. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
dreadnought wrote:
Regarding the latest Mantel kernels .. In addition to my not being able to mount USB devices, even as root, the Intel nic support on my Gateway 200ARC notebook is broken.
I've been trying to figure out a way to get dmesg output and get the information to Mantel and this newsgroup, but without being able to mount USB removable storage, broken nic support, and oddness with my CDRW (it keeps getting recognized and unrecognized), I can't get the information off the machine.
I'm sure this is a known issue .. But the Gateway 200ARC is Centrino based. I have not been able to get any power features (I really could use the power meter!) on SuSE 9.0 with the latest YaST updated kernel or the kernel of the day.
-----Original Message----- From: Basil Chupin [mailto:blchupin@tpg.com.au] Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 7:55 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Kernel 2.6.5-7 and USB flash disk, and support for Conexant CX88 chipset
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 04/10/2004 02:39 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
The weirdest part of this -- no I shouldn't say "weirdest" 'cause we are dealing with computers here -- is that I can mount the flash disk manually- but ONLY as root. Try mounting this as user and the error message that 'only root can do this' comes up. The mount command, BTW, used is mount -t /dev/sda /media/sda1.
that should probably be mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1
Yes, it should be. A typo on my part.
If you have any other ideas I'd be glad to hear them.
You could put the relevant info in fstab, with the options noauto,user added. Then add a desktop link, and you can mount it easily as user.
Thank you for this. So simple and straightforward - and it works.
Why couldn't someone from Suse who reads this forum tell me this earlier and saved me hours of searching, reading, frustration, ....?
Again, thank you for this solution.
Cheers.
Plug-in the flash disk and then in a terminal do 'fdisk -l'. What shows up? Oh, you need to activate udev and/or update it with a kraxel rpm. usev is needed by the 2.6 kernel but is not installed by 9.0. Cheers. -- All Scottish food is based on a dare.
On 04/09/2004 10:46 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
Fdisk recognises the flash disk as /dev/sda1, formatted as FAT and 256Mb big but when it is plugged in the hotplug thingie does not put the entry into fstab (which it does under kernel 2.4.21-199) for it to be mounted. So, the flash disk causes a beep, the diode lights up, fdsik displays its presence - but after that, zilch, nought, zero.
Suse is making their own hotplug program because the current hotplug program required so many patches to get to work. For now, just add the info to fstab, and if you like an icon on the desktop, and you will be in business. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
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