USB modules (for keyboard and mouse (HID devices)) need to be compiled
staticly into the kernel (not loaded as modules) so they are available
at boot time. You can do this with dynamically modules but only if you
run an initrd kernel (such as the stock Debian kernels).
Other USB modules such as mass storage can be loaded as modules. Some
other poster mentioned hotplug, and there are some USB managers (usbmgr,
usbutils) which you should look at.
One of these packages (I believe) mounts the device:
/proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
which seems necessary.
I have had no problems with USB and the 2.4.18 kernel, but I only use
mass storage devices.
Cheers,
Tom
Bud Rogers wrote:
I have a couple of mostly woody boxes. Both have Logitech USB Marble
Trackman for mice. Both mice work well with 2.2.19 kernels. Yesterday
I installed kernel-source-2.4.18 on one of the boxes and built a new
kernel for it. I included all the relevant USB modules when I
configured the kernel. The new kernel boots fine, X and KDE come up
fine, but the Trackman doesn't work. AFAICT, I have the same modules
loaded as with the 2.2. kernel. The only thing I find in dmesg or
kern.log that seem unusual are the following:
May 3 14:09:24 mug kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1,
assigned device number 2
May 3 14:09:24 mug kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
May 3 14:09:24 mug kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new
address=2 (error=-110)
May 3 14:09:24 mug kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1,
assigned device number 3
May 3 14:09:24 mug kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
May 3 14:09:24 mug kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new
address=3 (error=-110)
My wife is also having usb problems with her Mandrake box running a
2.4.8 kernel. Are there issues with usb in 2.4? I read everything I
could find about usb in /usr/src/linux/Documentation and poked around
the archives a bit, but didn't find anything specific.
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