On Wednesday 29 December 2004 7:34 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 19:11 -0500, jeff elkins wrote: > > On Saturday 25 December 2004 4:04 pm, jeff elkins wrote: > > > On Saturday 25 December 2004 3:19 pm, H. S. wrote: > > > > Apparently, _jeff elkins_, on 25/12/04 09:06,typed: > > > > > Merry Christmas, List! > > > > > > > > > > I've built a new sid-based system (kernel 2.6.9) and I'm having a > > > > > bit of trouble with the attached usb cardreader. > > > > > > > > > > It's recognized at boot: > > > > > > > > > > usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using address 2 > > > > > scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > > > > > Vendor: DMI Model: MultiFlash Rev: 3.00 > > > > > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > > > > > > > > > But unless I boot with cards inserted, the devices I need > > > > > (sda1,sdc1) are not created. Additionally, once mounted they refuse > > > > > to unmount with a 'device busy.' > > > > > > > > > > I probably missed something in my setup, thanks for any help. > > > > > > > > > > Jeff Elkins > > > > > > > > I have a USB card reader that is detected alright but I have to have > > > > a card in a slot to get that detected too. The problem is that the > > > > card reader hardware makes itself detectable to a USB port but > > > > doesn't give any information when a card is inserted. So that card > > > > insertion totoally hidden from hotplug. It works onlyif you have a > > > > card inside the reader already before plugging it in the USB port. > > > > > > > > My solution was to make a mount point that I use after I insert the > > > > card in one of the slots. YMMV. > > > > > > > > However, if you card does notify the system when a new card is > > > > inserted and your system still doen't know about a new card, then > > > > something is wrong somewhere. > > > > > > > > ->HS > > > > > > I used that strategy with my previous system. Point /dev/sda1 and > > > /dev/sdc1 to /cfcard and /sdcard in fstab and mount away. No longer. > > > > > > I found out I can run cfdisk /dev/sda and cfdisk /dev/sdc, then > > > /dev/sda1 and dev/sdc1 are created. Then I can mount and unmount. So, > > > somehow, something is screwed. I built this system from scratch with > > > sarge netinstall and apt, so I've probably left something out... > > > > > > Jeff > > > > Perhaps now that it's not Christmas and the Umbutu thread has burnt out I > > can get some assistance? :) > > > > FYI, mounting these cards worked _flawlessly_, with no intervention, > > with my previous sid install built on top of a basic Woody system. > > Hotplug is installed and works fine for my Zaurus and a few other USB > > devices, so I don't think that's the issue. > > > > Does the fact that I can manually issue an cfdisk/fdisk /dev/sda or > > cfdisk/fdisk /dev/sdc and have the required /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdc1 > > devices appear jog any thoughts? > > > > Are there any dpkg-reconfigure tricks (other than hotplug, which I've > > done) which I could try? > > > > Can I manually create /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdc1 which are static from boot > > to boot? > > > > Thanks again to those who've replied and for any new help. > > Have you tried udev?
Problem solved through pure chance. I noticed that I had a scsi drive referenced in fstab that no longer exists in this system. Removing the reference and rebooting fixed thngs. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
