On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 23:45 -0800, Ti Kan wrote:
W.D.McKinney writes:
... It would appear that your player has not been registered as a SCSI device. Maybe your player is not being recognized by the driver. Have a look in your /var/log/messages for a clue?
Not much there for help except the entry. Here's the reference in /var/log/messages
(sorry for the word wrap.)
Dec 25 14:39:15 papa kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 5 Dec 25 14:39:16 papa kernel: usb 1-2: Product: TDK UniFi Audio Player Dec 25 14:39:16 papa kernel: usb 1-2: Manufacturer: TDK UniFi
What is address 5 in this case ?
I think the address is simply the USB port number. At any rate that is not important. What's missing from your log file is the registration as a simulated SCSI device. I don't have any experience with the TDK player you have (i.e., whether it appears as a standard USB mass storage device), but here is an example relevant lines in my /var/log/messages of what happens when I insert my Lexar USB 256MB jump drive:
--------X snip X-------- Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: usb 4-3: new high speed USB device using address 4 Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: usb 4-3: Product: JumpDrive 2.0 Pro Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: usb 4-3: Manufacturer: LEXAR MEDIA Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: usb 4-3: SerialNumber: LM3000000030310 Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[31906]: need a device for this command Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: Vendor: LEXAR Model: ATA FLASH Rev: V1.0 Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: SCSI device sda: 503808 512-byte hdwr sectors (258 MB) Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: sda: sda1 Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 4 Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk /etc/hotplug/block.agent[31983]: new block device /block/sda/sda1 Dec 25 23:34:21 obelisk /etc/hotplug/block.agent[31974]: waiting for /var/lock/block.agent.lock, process 31983 holds it Dec 25 23:34:26 obelisk /etc/hotplug/block.agent[31983]: mount by-path/usb-storage-LM3000000030310:0:0:0p1 Dec 25 23:34:27 obelisk /etc/hotplug/block.agent[31974]: new block device /block/sda --------X snip X--------
Also, "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" shows:
--------X snip X-------- Attached devices: Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: LEXAR Model: ATA FLASH Rev: V1.0 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 --------X snip X--------
The jump drive is automagically mounted by the hotplug and subfs system. The relevant line from the output of the "mount" command:
--------X snip X-------- /dev/sda1 on /media/usb-storage-LM3000000030310:0:0:0p1 type subfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,procuid,iocharset=utf8) --------X snip X--------
Granted, this is on a system with no real SCSI devices, but it shouldn't make a difference.
My guess is that somehow your player isn't being properly recognized and handled by Linux.
OK thanks as this is good help. I will use my son's PC I guess and get some MP3's on it. It's very nice unit with the FM capabilities also. Records voice as well. Merry Christmas, Dee