[ltp] can't see USB CD-ROM

[Tino Keitel]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 14:38:34 -0400, Phil R Lawrence wrote:
> "Jim Redmond" <jim@scrubnugget.com> wrote:
> > "The one HOWTO I found recommended compiling a custom kernal!"
> >
> > Believe it or not, this is your best bet...
> > Keep us posted!
> 
> OK, I have built a custom kernel and it is working.  I added the USB and SCSI
> stuff as told in USB HOWTO.  ( I removed nothing from the kernal in make
> menuconfig. )
> 
> There are a few issues...  :-)
> 
> 1.  I have to mount /dev/scs0 manually after I plug in my USB CD-ROM drive.  Can

This is the normal behaviour of Linux as with any other (removeable) device.

> this be automated?

> 
> 2.  My USB mouse does not work under X.  (I'll leave Mandrake's gpm setup for
> another post.)  Per the HOWTO, I edited /etc/X11/XF86Config-4  (actually it said
> to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config, but there was no "InputDevice" listings existing in
> that file).  This had no visible effect.  I can cat /dev/input/mice and see the
> data streaming in from my USB mouse after I plug it in, but it's not being used
> by X.

What version of XFree86 are you using (X -version)? Have you looked for a
"Pointer" section in you XF86Config(-4) file?

> 
> 3.  /var/log/syslog records an error I get when booting...
>     modprobe: Cant locate module usb-uhci
>     usb:  Loading USB interface0 (usb-uhci) failed
> 
>     per a post to google I modified modules.conf to say
>         alias usb-interface0 uhci
>     instead of
>         alias usb-interface0 usb-uhci
> 
>     but that did nothing except change the boot error to:
>     modprobe: Cant locate module uhci
>     usb:  Loading USB interface0 (uhci) failed

I think the module loader clearly states what's wrong: there is no uhci.o in
/lib/modules/<you-kernel-version>/. Maybe this is because you use the ohci.o
module to drive your USB stuff. What does /sbin/ldmod say?

Regards,
Tino

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