kernel 2.6 and usb-storage problem

CybeRDukE · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Jul 2002 Posts: 92

Hi,

i'm using kernel-2.6.0-test9 and it works great except one thing: i can't mount my usb stick. the stick works fine with kernel 2.4 but now when i plug it in, i get the following message (from dmesg):

mc_rph · n00b Joined: 31 May 2003 Posts: 10

Maybe you forgot to compile "SCSI disk support" into your kernel. I once forgot it too. Same problem....

mcrph

CybeRDukE · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Jul 2002 Posts: 92

MaGuS · Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 2:11 pm Post subject:

Got the same problem here.

alphatronics · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:36 pm Post subject:

I'm also having difficulty with this issue. I'm fairly sure all the necessary USB/SCSI components are compiled in.

bcore · n00b Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 59 Location: Toronto

I've noticed this too... Here's my workaround (just in case it works for you)

when I first plug my compactflash reader into the USB, a node /dev/sda is created, but not the /dev/sda1 node I need. If I issue the following command:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/cflash

It fails with an error message, but for whatever reason, the /dev/sda1 node is created, and then I can issue

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/cflash

Hope that helps...
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wdreinhart · Guru Joined: 11 Jun 2003 Posts: 569 Location: 4QFJ12345678

My USB memory stick and digital camera both work using love-sources (2.6.0-test11-love1), so this must be a version-specific bug or configuration problem, rather than a general kernel 2.6 bug.

alphatronics · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 11:48 pm Post subject:

I'm not even getting an sda to show up, I'll try out these new-fangled love sources and see what happens.

Here's what I'm using for kernel options at the moment (gentoo-dev, 2.6_test11):

USB Mass storage is on, USB works fine, otherwise my mouse probably wouldn't be working right now.
SCSI disk and cdrom support are on, the cdrom works fine, so I'm fairly sure that SCSI is okay too.

Here's what comes up in dmesg:

hub 5-0:1.0: new USB device on port 2, assigned address 4
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 4

alphatronics · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 1:27 am Post subject:

Installed love-sources_test11-r1, getting the same BS.

Turned on verbose logging in the kernel, so it's giving some more useless info. Maybe someone else can make sense of this:

Connect:

alphatronics · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 4:32 am Post subject:

Getting the same errors with gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.0_beta11

Just in case it was something wierd with the memory stick, I switched sticks and got the same errors.

This all works fine in 2.4.x.

sbporter · n00b Joined: 01 May 2003 Posts: 7 Location: Huntsville, AL

I'm getting the same thing; I had though it was an x86_64 problem, but it seems not...

Kernel 2.6.0-test11, athlon 64 3200+, latest gentoo besides....

Simon

DocGonzo · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 4:18 pm Post subject:

alphatronics · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 4:56 pm Post subject:

I have NTFS/FAT filesystems included in the kernel, if that's what you mean. (hda5 on this computer is a FAT partition)

/me looks around kernel config for partition table support

Didn't see anything about partition types, though I checked to make sure FAT as well as the VFAT and MSDOS extensions were enabled (they were).

DocGonzo · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 5:10 pm Post subject:

No thats not what i mean. Look for "Partition Table Support". Its not the Filesystem what i mean. When I get on my linux box, I can tell you the right checkbox in the Kernelconfig.

alphatronics · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 5:12 pm Post subject:

Okay. Thanks!

sbporter · n00b Joined: 01 May 2003 Posts: 7 Location: Huntsville, AL

I checked, and my kernel has the DOS/Win patitioning enabled...

I suppose this is why we have test kernels....

Simon

alphatronics · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:31 am Post subject:

Under what section is this thing located, just out of curiosity? I'm having no luck finding it.

Beekster · Apprentice Joined: 26 Nov 2002 Posts: 268 Location: Sydney

File Systems -> Partition types -> Advanced partition selection -> PC BIOS (MSDOS Partition Tables) Support.

I've tried it, and it didn't help me...

I got a:

DocGonzo · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 2:33 pm Post subject:

Sorry I'm late. :oops:

Under File Systems -> Partitiontypes

I checked:

[x] Advanced partition selection
...
[x] PC BIOS (MSDOS) partition
[x] Windows Logical Disk Manager

Maybe the last one is the one you need.
I didn't had the time to install 2.6.0test11 yet, but with test9 all crap that i pluged onto my USB port worked flawlessly.

Beekster · Apprentice Joined: 26 Nov 2002 Posts: 268 Location: Sydney

I needed a patch that I found here to get my Sony camera working with 2.6.0-test10. I have my /dev/sda1 back!

alphatronics · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:11 pm Post subject:

After modifying the kernel, here's what I get in dmesg:

Connect:

CybeRDukE · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Jul 2002 Posts: 92

i just tried again getting my iriver to work and i realized some strange things that might help us.

i first tried adding my device to

alphatronics · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 4:42 am Post subject:

I performed the edit/patch that I found here. After recompiling the kernel, the problem was solved, though it seemed to take a few seconds for /dev/sda1 to show up, even though /dev/sda showed up immediately.

Perhaps this could be a patch for a future gentoo-dev-sources build?

CybeRDukE · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Jul 2002 Posts: 92

i just tried the patch alphatronics mentioned but for me it hasn't changed anything. neither the dmesg-output nor the devices at /dev

alphatronics · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:54 pm Post subject:

Hm, after doing it a couple times:

Correction: While sda shows up, sda1 might or might not, depending on which direction the wind is blowing. If it doesn't show up, this fixes it: