[SOLVED] Discovery on Probe_All_LUNS

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Robstar · Post by **Robstar** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:44 pm

I have been messying around with my multicard reader ever since I uninstalled something I shouldn't of. I re-installed using 2007.0 and sorted out all modules to be included in the kernel to use the multicard reader. This is where I found it didn't work as normal.
Back to today, I have messed around inside my machine, seeing if its the kernel or the hardware. I had an older machine lying around that had a multicard reader built in, like mine, and took it out and put it into my machine. It didn't work just like mine and I came back to the conclusion it was the kernel or the motherboard.
I had a usb multicard reader lying around, and knowing that the usb worked ok, i plugged it in and it did the same thing as mine (I'm seeing a pettern here). The old one and the usb one have seprate ms slots and sd/mmc slots, so having a ms card in hand I plugged it in and that didn't even show when I unplugged and replugged the connecter(power).
It didn't work with 2007.0 so I went back and got 2006.1 and put it on an extra partion, which I knew could make the multicard reader work, as thats what i previously used (well 2.6.18/19/20 on 2007.0 partiton). Still didn't work, so I am now convinded itd the motherboard is not working or it is the kernel probe all LUNS.

I ask for someone who has a working .config of there kernel (doesn't matter what version (aslong as its downloadable)) that works with the multicard reader.

With my multicard reader, I would push the card into the correct slot and the have to disconnect power to the deivce and reconnect it to see it in /dev. I did this for every peice of hardware.

Someone once told me to install usb-storage as a module and just add it and take it away. That didn't work either.

JeliJami · Post by **JeliJami** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:12 pm

does it work with any of your livecds?
you could use the kernel config of those; but i'm pretty sure they all use some genkernel generated kernel
btw, have you tried a genkernel kernel?

anjgentoo · Post by **anjgentoo** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:16 pm

Funny, I've just posted about the same problem, see here :
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-588512.html

Robstar · Post by **Robstar** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:25 pm

I have tried the genkernel that comes with the livecd, don't even pick it up the card reader.

and thanks for that bit of advice, i'll use it wisely.

Robstar · Post by **Robstar** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:48 pm

it didn't work. I don't get it. It acts like it can't detect anything from multiple usb unless rebooted, yet stick a usb stick in and it sees it.

Robstar · Post by **Robstar** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:49 pm

As I have some free time I had a look around the web to see if anything new had cropped up. A couple of things did crop up. It may not be the kernel what so ever, it could be the software. Apparently HAL has something to do with it and if it fails use the command hdparm.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... ds-356536/

Note: I also notice that hald was not added to rc-update list, so it seems quite interesting.

Robstar · Post by **Robstar** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:07 pm

It was hal after all. The demon wasn't being started at the beginning so there was no way for to detect newly plugged devices in usbs. Hooray it is fixed.