On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 17:58:32 -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
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> >> Is that really supposed to happen?
> >> I previously tried to install pmount and hal, and in so doing
> >> uninstalled hotplug. Don't ask me, that's what apt-get says. Well
> >> this wrecked my xwindows, so I undid it. I've searched high and low
> >> for new things to try. This does seem to be like problem #1 that
> >> people have.
> >
> >The newer versions of udev replace hotplug. What you describe above is
> >supposed happen; it is furthermore recommended to purge the hotplug
> >configuration files after the package is removed. Installing udev did
> >not really "wreck your Xwindow system", it just resulted in a problem
> >with your mouse. (Set "AllowMouseOpenFail" to "true", unplug your mouse,
> >restart X and you will see that it does not really need the mouse at
> >all.) I don't think that reinstalling hotplug was the proper way to
> >address your problem.
>
> OK, I tried this, and got a startup error saying udev requires a
> kernel > 2.6.15. I'll ask the AGNULA list about it again. I expect
> to try compiling my own kernel soon, so maybe I can find a hack for
> this.
The "kernel-package" package is great for compiling custom Debian
kernels. You can use a new source from Debian together with the
configuration file from AGNULA if you want.
> >> usbview shows the flash drive in red. tail -f /var/log/messages does
> >> indicate that the usb thing is plugged in, typically to two addresses
> >> each time.
> >> mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb tells me "not a valid block device"
> >> mount -t usbfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb says nothing, but I have meaningless
> >> files in /mnt/usb; a file called devices and folders 001 and 002,
> >> which have files named 001 and 002 in them.
> >
> >Did you try vfat as the file system type? What type of flash drive was
> >it?
>
> I did, same result. It's a Corsair Flash Voyager 1 GB.
I don't know anything specific about this drive; a quick google suggests
that it should work quite well under Linux. The problem might have been
that you did not have the usb-storage module loaded when you tried this.
Also, newer kernels normally improve the chances of fancy new devices
working.
A more general word of advice: It might be that you have some
inconsistency in this Debian/Agnula mix that you are running. Make
sure that you use the proper version of the Agnula add-ons with the
recommended version of Debian. I have the feeling that there will be
some painful learning experiences ahead otherwise.
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Regards,
Florian
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