USB Problem on a HP Compaq DC7600

[Robert Nicholson]

Thanks. We are getting somewhere:-)

None of the pen drives are recognized. The pen has an msdos file system.

ugen* is not created when I insert the device although ugen is listed and
enabled in the generic kernel config.

Thanks.
Michael.

On 8/28/07, Predrag Punosevac <punosevac at math.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
> I have the same south bridge works like a charm with FreeBSD 6.2 stable
> even with 6.1 was working
> I have the same north bridge. So the hardware is not an issue. That is
> good.
> Is it possible that 6.0 had troubles with that one or there is another
> problem with configuration.
>
> So you are saying that you tried to mount manually and there was a
> problem. Is it  a problem with just that pen since it might
> be an issue with a specific manufacturer. Is pen msdos file system
>
> You are mounting as mount_msdosfs /dev/ugen0 /mnt  right?
>
> Robert Nicholson wrote:
> > It uses an ICH7 southbridge.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > On 8/28/07, *Predrag Punosevac* < punosevac at math.arizona.edu
> > <mailto:punosevac at math.arizona.edu>> wrote:
> >
> >     You find the specification of your mother board and the south bridge
> >     chip set should be listed. Should be included in computer
> >     documentation
> >     or go to web site of Compaq and check. That is one of the key
> >     specifications
> >     of your mother board. If I remember well the  south bridge  chip
> >     set is
> >     in charge with your USB. We could check right away against
> >     hardware compatibility list if there is really some issue with
> >     your chip
> >     set. Since you are really running and older version of FreeBSD
> >     and your Compact might be brand new maybe there is some issue.  I
> >     hope
> >     more knowledgeable  get involved in our discussion.
> >
> >     Why did you post your question in multimedia? Try also posting it on
> >     freebsd-questions at freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >.
> >
> >
> >
> >     Robert Nicholson wrote:
> >     > Hi Predrag,
> >     >
> >     > Thank you for your mail.
> >     >
> >     > I installed FreeBSD 6.0 since I was instructed to do so because we
> >     > want to test the network  testing tools that we develop at work
> >     > specifically for systems running FreeBSD 6.0 as many of our
> >     customers
> >     > still use FBSD 6.0
> >     >
> >     > I am not auto mounting the drives.
> >     >
> >     > I am trying to mount the drive manually but /dev/da* does not get
> >     > created automatically when the drive is plugged in to the USB
> slot.
> >     > There is no message in dmesg or in /var/log/messages either.
> >     >
> >     > Yes I do have usbd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf
> >     >
> >     > How do you find out which bridge chipset it is?
> >     >
> >     > Thanks.
> >     > Michael.
> >     >
> >     > On 8/28/07, * Predrag Punosevac* < punosevac at math.arizona.edu
> >     <mailto:punosevac at math.arizona.edu>
> >     > <mailto:punosevac at math.arizona.edu
> >     <mailto:punosevac at math.arizona.edu>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Out of curiosity why did you install 6.0 version when there
> >     is 6.2
> >     >     version? Are you trying to do auto mount on usb drive or you
> >     mounted
> >     >     your pan manually. HAL really had issues until maybe half a
> >     year ago.
> >     >     The question is which version of HAL you use.
> >     >     Do you have usbd_enable="YES" in rc.conf
> >     file.(usb  deamon)  I do  not
> >     >     know if the daemon is behaving differently on older machines.
> >     >     Try to mount thins manually first. I have intell 945G
> >     chipset but
> >     >     that
> >     >     is the North Bridge. What is your south bridge Chipset?
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     Robert Nicholson wrote:
> >     >     > Predrag, sorry for the mistake.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Hi everyone,
> >     >     >
> >     >     > I just installed FreeBSD 6.0 on a HP Compaq DC7600 Small
> Form
> >     >     Factor
> >     >     > PC at work. It uses an intel 945G chipset. I could not get
> the
> >     >     > broadcom NIC to work so we replaced it with a D-Link NIC and
> >     >     that works.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > The other problem is that the four USB ports on the
> >     machine are
> >     >     > recognized and the /dev/ directory has character devices
> >     usb1 to
> >     >     usb4
> >     >     > but plugging in any usb drive (including a USB pen drive)
> >     causes the
> >     >     > system to hang for about 4 seconds and then  the drive is
> not
> >     >     > recognized. There are no /dev/da* devices, no dmesg
> >     messages and no
> >     >     > /var/log/messages either.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > I checked the kernel config. Devices umass, ehci, ohci ,
> uhci,
> >     >     usb. da
> >     >     > as well as scbus are all enabled. I am at a loss on how to
> >     solve
> >     >     this
> >     >     > problem. Please help.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Thanks and Regards,
> >     >     > Michael.
> >     >
> >     >
> >
> >
>
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