Hallo everybody, I had posted this on comp.os.linux.setup but got no reply, so I try again on this more dedicated forum.
the problem is quite strange. I boot my system (Debian sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on iMac), with my ImageMate SDDR-75, it is a USB smartmedia (sdb) and compactflash (sda) card reader, connected to the usb port on the keyboard. I try to mount /dev/sdb1 and nothing happens. in /etc/modprobe.d I have the following file(s): kruiskruid:~# ls -l /etc/modprobe.d/usb-storage /etc/modprobe.d/s*_mod -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28 Oct 13 22:58 /etc/modprobe.d/scsi_mod lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8 Oct 14 18:39 /etc/modprobe.d/sd_mod -> scsi_mod lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8 Oct 14 18:39 /etc/modprobe.d/usb-storage -> scsi_mod kruiskruid:~# cat /etc/modprobe.d/usb-storage options scsi_mod max_luns=2 trying to analyze the problem, I go to look into /var/log/kern.log and I open a xterm with tail -f on that file. I disconnect the device and connect it back and see: Oct 15 18:32:04 kruiskruid kernel: usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, address 4 Oct 15 18:32:08 kruiskruid kernel: usb 1-1.2: new full speed USB device using address 6 Oct 15 18:32:09 kruiskruid kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Oct 15 18:32:09 kruiskruid kernel: Vendor: SanDisk Model: ImageMate CF-SM Rev: 0100 Oct 15 18:32:09 kruiskruid kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Oct 15 18:32:10 kruiskruid kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Oct 15 18:32:10 kruiskruid kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 6 as you can see, no sdb is loaded. then I brutally unload the modules... kruiskruid:~# rmmod usb-storage sd_mod scsi_mod disconnect and reconnect the device and, magic! Oct 15 18:32:56 kruiskruid kernel: usbcore: deregistering driver usb-storage Oct 15 18:33:02 kruiskruid kernel: usb 1-1.2: new full speed USB device using address 7 Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: Vendor: SanDisk Model: ImageMate CF-SM Rev: 0100 Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: Vendor: SanDisk Model: ImageMate CF-SM Rev: 0100 Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 7 Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Oct 15 18:33:04 kruiskruid kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 1 anyone knows what is going on??? how do I convince the system to read the options at boot time? thanks in advance, Mario
